For technician, docking in space is a life pursuit

Wang Shuqun is the man behind the space docking mechanisms that have successfully completed 13 missions in China's aerospace industry.

The missions include the docking in 2011 of the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft with the Tiangong 1 space lab, which has since fallen out of service, and the docking of China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou 1, with the country's Tiangong 2 space lab.

Wang, 49, a technician at the Shanghai Aerospace Equipment Manufacturing Co, regards the docking mechanisms as his children.