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China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft makes first manual docking
China has successfully completed its first ever manual docking of a spacecraft with another space module.
Astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module without relying on an automated system.
State television broadcast images of Liu Wang, Jing Haipeng and China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang, smiling after completing the exercise.
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