China's first manned space docking succeeds
2012-06-19 00:00
English.news.cn 2012-06-18
（Photo taken on June 18, 2012 shows the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center showing Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft conducting an automatic docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. Xinhua/Wang Yongzhuo)
BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The first manned space rendezvous and docking mission of China succeeded Monday afternoon as the Shenzhou-9 spaceship and Tiangong-1 space lab module joined together, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.