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Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module
A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked with an orbiting module Monday, another first for the country as it strives to match American and Russian exploits in space.
The Shenzhou 9 pleted the maneuver with the Tiangong 1 module shortly after 2 . (0600 GMT), 343 kilometers (213 miles) above Earth. The docking was shown live on national television.
Astronauts will live and work in the module for several days as part of preparations for manning a permanent space station. The crew includes 33-year-old Liu Yang, an air force pilot and China's first female space traveler.
The docking was a first for Chinese manned spaceflight. In November 2011, the unmanned Shenzhou 8 essfully docked twice with Tiangong 1 by remote control.
Monday's docking also pleted by remote control from a ground base in China. A manual docking, to carried out by one of the crew members, is scheduled for later in the mission.
Two crew members plan to conduct medical tests and experiments inside the module, while the third will remain in the spacecraft.
Liu is joined by mander and veteran astronaut Jing Haipeng, 45, and crew mate Liu Wang, 43. The three are to spend at least 10 days in space on China's fourth manned mission, which was launched Saturday from the Jiuquan cent