Shenzhou 4 Lands | Universe Today

Written by Fraser Cain

China's fourth unmanned space capsule, Shenzhou IV, returned to Earth on Sunday landing on the central grasslands of Inner Mongolia. According to several Chinese news sources, the capsule functioned properly, and several experiments were carried out successfully. The spacecraft was built to match the actual operations of a manned capsule, so it's expected this will be China's final test before actually putting humans in space - some time in 2003.

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