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Great celebrations after Shenzhou capsule landing

Beijing, China - International media focus on the Chinese space mission success

The landing of the Shenzhou-9 capsule after 13 days docked with the space module Tiangong-1 has been heavily publicized and covered by major local and international media (AVIONEWS). The programme marked a great checkpoint in China space programme which, it should be said, plans to develop a Chinese Space Station by 2020. "As we noticed, the whole nation, overseas Chinese, our foreign friends as...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1142837
Rome, Italy, 07/02/2012 12:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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