China Adds Science Ops to Manned Effort
Credit: AP/WIDE WORLD
China has begun to integrate substantial science operations into its Shenzhou manned space flight development effort much earlier than did the Soviet Union and U.S. at the start of their manned programs in the 1960s. The 7,000-lb. reentry module of China's Shenzhou 4 development vehicle returned to...
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