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June 29, 2012

China's Giant, Quiet Step in Space

Leroy Chiao, CNN

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We downplay China's accomplishments at our own peril. That the United States and the Soviet Union demonstrated crewed rendezvous and docking operations more than 40 years ago is not the point. The point is, now the Chinese can do it, too.

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TAGGED: SpaceX, Space, Space Exploration, China

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