Chinas central authorities congratulate successful Shenzhou-9 landing

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday delivered a congratulatory note from the central authorities, celebrating the successful landing of the country"s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft.The central authorities express congratulations to the astronauts who successfully completed this mission and all people engaged in the mission, reads the note sent by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the State Council and the Central Military Commission.The successful rendezvous and docking between the target orbiter Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft marks a significant breakthrough in China"s space docking technology, and it also marks decisive progress in fulfilling the second strategic target of China"s manned space program, reads the note.Shortly before Wen delivered the note at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, Chang Wanquan, commander-in-chief of China"s manned space program, announced that the space rendezvous and docking mission has achieved complete success.The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft has landed safely at the main landing area in northern China"s Inner Mongolia autonomous region and all three astronauts onboard are in good physical condition, said Chang.The contributions of Chinese aerospace scientists and working staff will be remembered by the country and its people, said Wen.The pursuit of scientific progress is a never-ending journey, and there remains a long way to go in exploring outer space, he said, expressing hopes that more efforts will be made to boost the leapfrog development of China"s space program.The safe return of the Shenzhou-9 marked the end of the nearly two-week space docking mission, which will pave the way for the country"s establishment of a permanent manned space station around 2020.Wen and other senior leaders, including He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang, watched the return of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center Friday.Shenzhou-9, which was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 16 with China"s first female astronaut onboard, successfully completed the country"s first manual docking between the spacecraft and the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module.

（Editor：馬茜、葉欣）Increases the bookmark

Related Reading

1. Astronauts come out of the return capsule
2. China"s Shenzhou-9 mission successful
3. Astronauts receive brief interview
4. Shenzhou-9 crew exit spacecraft capsule
5. Astronauts ready to exit Shenzhou-9 spacecraft capsule
6. Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully landing
7. Shenzhou-9 spacecraft ready for landing
8. Shenzhou-9 prepares for Friday"s return
9. Video: Shenzhou-9 spacecraft returns to Earth
10. Shenzhou-9 spacecraft to return around 10 a.m. today

Leave your comment0 comments

Weekly review

1. SCO member states hold "Peace Mission 2012" drill in Tajikistan
2. Lanzhou MAC holds military transportation professional skill contest
3. China gets praises, expectations in WTO trade policy review
4. Gov"t subsidize farmers to reduce air pollution for burning straw
5. China eyes on all-round cooperation with Cambodia
6. Dialogue, negotiation "the only right path" to settle Iranian nuclear issue
7. China"s wealth management industry has bright future: CSRC Chair
8. More favorable policies loom for China"s fund industry

推薦閱讀：