 Seminar on Astrophilately in Bremen.
We added information about the Seminar on Astrophilately hold in Bremen, Germany. To read more information and to see some photos, please, click here.
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"SRBIJAFILA XV” National philatelic exhibition.
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China's first manual space docking was successful.
On June 24, 2012 the crew of China’s "Shenzhou-9” spacecraft performed the China's first manual space docking.
First the "Shenzhou-9” spacecraft undocked from the "Tiangong-1” space station at 03:09 UTC and departed from the station at a distance of about 300 meters. Then the crew (Liu Wang, Jing Haipeng, Liu Yang) began to perform a docking. When the spacecraft was at a distance of 140 meters from the station the crew continued the docking in manual regime.
Cosmonaut Liu Wang controlled the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and docked the spacecraft to the "Tiangong-1” space station at 04:48 UTC. |
U.S. launched a secret spy satellite.
On June 20, 2012 at 12:28 UTC the "Atlas-5” rocket-carrier was launched by U.S. Air Force from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. The rocket orbited a top secret satellite (NROL-38 payload) for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Details of the satellite, its mission and whether it reached orbit was not released due to security reasons.
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Chinese enter the space station for first time.
On June 18, 2012 at 09:07 UTC Jing Haipeng, commander of China's first manned space docking mission onboard the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, entered the "Tiangong-1” orbital station, assisted by his crew mates Liu Wang and Liu Yang.
The 8.5-tonne space lab module has been traveling around Earth for 262 days since it was launched in September 2011.
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Chinese Spaceship Docks with Orbiting Module.
On June 18, 2012 at 06:07 UTC the "Shenzhou-9” spacecraft automatically docked with the "Tiangong-1” orbital station. The "Shenzhou-9”, with three crew members on board, including China’s first female cosmonaut, 33-year-old Liu Yang, was launched from the Jiuquan space center in the Gobi Desert, China on June 16.
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