CHINA’S ENHANCED CAPABILITIES WITH LAUNCH OF SHENZHOU-11

Successful launch of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft is another step forward to put China among leading players in space technology. The craft with two astronauts aboard is planned to dock with China’s second experimental space lab Tiangong-2 launched in mid-September. The move marked China’s latest effort in a couple of months towards being a space power, after successes of the maiden flight of its new generation carrier rocket Long March-7 in June and the launch of the world’s first quantum satellite Micius in August, among other developments. China’s achievements and programmes in space missions, in particular the lunar exploration programme that is well planned and steadily advanced with achievable goals.