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Next Chinese Manned Mission Postponed Until 2013

Shenzhou-8 docking with Tiangong-8 in late 2011 (Credits: CNS)

According to a report from Beijing published in the Economic Times, China has delayed its next manned spaceflight mission until next year. This is despite a previous announcement in late 2011 by Wu Ping, spokeswoman for the Chinese space agency, that China would conduct two more rendezvous missions to its orbiting Tiangong station in 2012, at least one of which [...]

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