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Mission Docks Successfully  By: Posted By Jovarie Downing  (CNN)
-- China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully docked with the
orbiting Tiangong-1 space laboratory on Monday, completing the
next step in the country's ambitious space mission.  This makes
China the third country to complete a manned space docking,
following the United States and Russia. The mission, which began
on Saturday, also saw the country's first female astronaut go
into space.  The three-person crew will stay in the space lab to
conduct "scientific experiments, technical tests, and physical
exercises," according to official state news agency, Xinhua.
China makes space history Tiangong-1, a prototype for a full-
fledged space station, was launched into space in September. The
unmanned Shenzhou-8 successfully docked there two months later,
in China's first space docking.  China has made rapid, steady
strides in developing its space program over the last decade,
such as sending i