China will attempt its first space docking between two unmanned vehicles this year, the first step in efforts to build a Chinese space station, a senior official said Friday.

Yang Liwei detailed the next stages of China's human spaceflight programme during a press visit to Space City in Beijing, a research and training centre normally closed to the public. "Our next goal is to realise a space docking of two vehicles during the second half of 2011," said Yang, whose journey into space in 2003 mad

Source: Sinodaily