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Current Affairs PDF June 2012 Page 77China on 16 June 2012 launched its fourth human spaceflight Shenzhou-9 from the Jiuquansatellite launch centre in north-western Gansu state. The 30.3 feet long and 9.1 feet diameter,Shenzhou -9 spacecraft will conduct the first manned docking mission and set the foundationfor Chinese plans to build a space station by 2020.Shenzhou-9 is expected to take at least 20 days to complete its space mission. In the course ofthe mission the crew will accomplish automated docking procedure followed by scientificexperiments, technical tests and physical exercises conducted in the space lab. The crew willconduct manual docking with the Tiangong-1 or heavenly palace space laboratory module,which has been orbiting the earth since 29 September 2011.China, notwithstanding its assurance given to theworld community that it will not get indulged inspace warfare, is spending billions of dollars toaccomplish its ambitious space programmes. China,in December 2011, had revealed a five-year spaceprogramme, in which it vowed to set up a space laband collect sample from the moon by 2016. Earlier,the Chinese government had undertaken a missionto get to the moon and set up a manned spacestation by year 2020.China, launched its manned space programme in year 1999 with the launch of Shenzhou-1 withno crew on board. In 2001, Shenzhou-2 was blasted off with small animals aboard, and in 2003,China launched its first manned space craft. Since then, it has completed a space walk in 2008and an unmanned docking between a module and rocket in 2011. The launch of Shenzhou-9 is atestimony to China’s determination to develop its technological competence vis-a-vis UnitedStates and Russia.www.jagranjosh.comPage77Current Affairs PDF June 2012