News

Wen: China open to space cooperation

China's space program is open and transparent and other countries are welcome to carry out joint experiments aboard the country's future space station.

video: From scrap paper and plastic to lunar module

Ceremony held to honor Shenzhou IX astronauts

Shenzhou-9 astronauts send thank-you note to HK

Project's success gives shot in arm to aerospace shares

China Daily Exclusive

Hu lauds performance of space crew

Three Chinese astronauts in the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module received greetings from President Hu Jintao on Tuesday.

First Chinese in orbit reminisces

Nation has long way to go as space power

China Daily takes trip with astronauts

Spacecraft launch to set new records

People

Liu to be China's 1st woman in space

Astronaut Liu Yang, one of China's two female reserve astronauts and a former air force pilot, will be China's first woman in space.

China's first female astronaut excels in performance

Sky is not the limit for young space engineers

How astronauts live in space

Likely 1st Chinese woman in space keeps low profile

History

Shenzhou-IIX spacecraft returns to Earth

Unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-IIX landed after completing China's first-ever space docking mission.

China to launch Shenzhou IX, Shenzhou X in 2012

March 25, 2002: Shenzhou-III is successively launched

Shenzhou-VIII returns, bound for Beijing

Shenzhou VIII off to rendezvous in space

Schedule

China launched its Shenzhou IX manned spacecraft at 6:37 pm on June 16, sending the country's first female astronaut into space.

Three astronauts, Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang boarded the spacecraft.

One of the three Shenzhou IX crew members will not board the Tiangong-1 space module lab, but will remain inside the spacecraft as a precautionary measure. All of the crew members will stay 13 days in space.

Background

China's manned space program

Timeline of China's space industry

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