Photo Gallery: Chinese space flight

 

As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States.

 
January 5, 2012
 
 
 
 
Spacerockets are seen on display at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
 

Spacerockets are seen on display at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.

Photograph by: Peter Parks, AFP/Getty Images

 
Spacerockets are seen on display at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A visitor looks at a spacesuit used by Chinese astronauts at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A boy plays in the space exploration exhibit at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A spacesuit used by Chinese astronauts is seen on display at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A visitor looks at model Chinese spacerockets on display at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A boy tries an exercise machine similar to one used by Chinese astronauts at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A spacesuit used by Chinese astronauts is seen on display at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A boy plays in the space exploration exhibit at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A boy tries an exercise machine similar to one used by Chinese astronauts at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
A visitor walks past a spacesuit used by Chinese astronauts at the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghai on January 4, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 

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