China's Space In The Space

The Shenzhou 8 , an unmanned spacecraft returned to earth on Thursday after a successful docking test. China wants to secure a place in space by about 2020.

But it still can't catch up with Russia, the United States who together with other countries operate the 400-tonne International Space Station, to which China does not belong. China launched its second moon orbiter last year. And in 2008 it became the third country to send its astronauts walking in space outside their orbiting crafts.

For next year, China has another plan of launching an unmanned moon mission.