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Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1
Source: BBC
18 June 2012 Last updated at 09:32 GMT
Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News
China's Shenzhou-9 capsule, with its crew of three, has docked with the Tiangong-1 space lab.
The coupling of the vehicles occurred at 14:07 Beijing time (06:07 GMT; 07:07 BST).
The latest Shenzhou mission was launched on Saturday, taking the nation's first female astronaut into orbit.
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It was another two hours after the docking before the astronauts moved between the vehicles.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18481806
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