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Shenzhou 8

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…29, 2011, and the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 automatically docked with Tiangong 1 on November 3, 2011. The first crewed mission to Tiangong 1, Shenzhou 9, launched on June 16, 2012, and carried China’s first woman astronaut, Liu Yang. Shenzhou 8 and 9 were, respectively, China’s first uncrewed and crewed space…
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…29, 2011, and the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 automatically docked with Tiangong 1 on November 3, 2011. The first crewed mission to Tiangong 1, Shenzhou 9, launched on June 16, 2012, and carried China’s first woman astronaut, Liu Yang. Shenzhou 8 and 9 were, respectively, China’s first uncrewed and crewed space…
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