The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft, launched earlier this week, has made contact with the Tiangong-1 space lab.
Being able to dock two space vehicles together is a necessary capability for China if it wants to start building a space station towards the decade’s end.
No astronauts were in the Shenzhou craft this time, but future missions will carry people.
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Better get up there before China takes all the good stuff
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While NASA Fiddles, China and Russia Continue to Progress:
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