Shenzhou 9
Chinese spacecraft
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Shenzhou 9 was a Chinese spacecraft mission that docked with the Tiangong 1 space station in June 2012. This mission was significant as it carried China's first woman astronaut, Liu Yang, into space. The Shenzhou spacecraft, similar in design to the Russian Soyuz, consists of three modules and is launched by a Chang Zheng rocket. Shenzhou 9's docking with Tiangong 1 marked China's first crewed space docking. The Tiangong 1 station itself was an 8,500-kg cylinder launched in 2011.1234
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