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Shenzhou 10: another step in China’s ‘Long March’ into space
The colorful and polished launch of Shenzhou 10 confirms that China has come of age as a spacefaring nation. At 19:40 AEST on Tuesday June 11 (17:40 local time) three ‘yuhangyuan’, Chinese astronauts, embarked on China’s sixth crewed space mission. This second mission to Tiangong 1, the Chinese space station, is a credible step in…