China's Space Station Rendezvous and Capsule Landing Animated

Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 11:30 in Astronomy & Space

The unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft landed on November 17 in China, marking its successful separation and return to Earth from the Tiangong-1 space station. This animated look shows the dock, separation and landing.

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