China Opens 'Space' Post Office on Docked Spacecraft

China opened a new post office Thursday (Nov. 3) with a street address that is 213 miles (343 km) above the Earth. Coinciding with the country achieving its first ever docking in space between the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 space lab module, the " China Post Space Office " opened ...

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