Shenzhou 9

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Shenzhou 9 (神舟九号)
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Mission name	Shenzhou 9 (神舟九号)
Launch date	~2010~2013
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Shenzhou 9 is a planned manned flight of China's Shenzhou spacecraft that is scheduled for launch in 2011, following the unmanned Shenzhou 8 mission earlier in the same year. The aim of the mission will be to perform a manned docking with the Tiangong 1 (an unmanned space laboratory module) and to carry three crews to the new space station.

The Shenzhou 9 will have two main functions:

• Shenzhou cargo (货运飞船) used to ferry water, food, propellant and equipments.
• Emergency escape spacecraft (救生船).

[edit] See also

• Space program of China

[edit] References

• "China Might Be Planning Early Space Station Attempt". SpaceDaily.com. February 19, 2006. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_Might_Be_Planning_Early_Space_Station_Attempt.html. 

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