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In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese astronauts,(l.-r.) Liu Wang, Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang, wave after coming out of the re-entry capsule (r.) of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Friday, June 29, 2012. Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/AP
Tthe re-entry capsule of China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft lands safely in Siziwang Banner Friday, June 29, 2012. The Chinese space capsule with three astronauts aboard returned Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future permanent station. Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/AP
China's first female astronaut Liu Yang waves as she comes out of the re-entry capsule Friday, June 29, 2012. Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/AP
Shenzhou 9 spacecraft rocket launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, China, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Ng Han Guan/AP
A child uses a pair of binoculars to view the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft rocket before it launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, China, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Ng Han Guan/AP
In this image made off the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module, partly seen on left, are conjoined again Sunday, June 24, 2012. Three Chinese astronauts successfully completed a manual docking between of the spacecraft and the orbiting module, the first such attempt in China's history of space exploration. Beijing Aerospace Control Center via Xinhua/AP
China's astronauts Jing Haipeng (c.) Liu Wang (l.) and Liu Yang celebrate inside the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft after the success of the manual docking between the spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module Sunday, June 24, 2012. Beijing Aerospace Control Center via Xinhua/AP
A soldier gestures in front of the launch pad holding the Long March II-F rocket loaded with the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft, in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province, June 16, 2012. Jason Lee/Reuters
Left to right, Chinese astronauts, Liu Yang, Liu Wang, and Jing Haipeng, salute at the launch platform for the Shenzhou-9 space craft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province, June 12, 2012. China will launch three astronauts to work on a temporary space station for about a week. AP
Photographers take pictures of a model of the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module after a news conference at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in China's Gansu province, June 15, 2012. Jason Lee/Reuters
Liu Yang, China's first woman astronaut, waves at the Jiuquan satellite launch center near Jiuquan in western China's Gansu province, June 15, 2012. Liu Yang, a 34-year-old mother of one and air force pilot, along with two male astronauts, will be launched in the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft that will dock with Tiangong 1 space module now orbiting 200 miles above the Earth. Ng Han Guan/AP
Chinese first female astronaut Liu Yang (l.), chats with Jing Haipeng (r.), and Liu Wang, as they sit in the re-entry capsule during a training in Beijing, May 10, 2012. AP
People hold flags near the Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which has moved to the launch pad at the Jiuquan launch center in Jiuquan, China's northwest Gansu province since June 9, 2012. China will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module. AP
The Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft, Long March-2F rocket, and escape tower wait to be transferred to the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province, on June 9, 2012. China Daily/Reuters
A Chinese man, carrying his son, walks near the Long March-2F rocket, on June 9, 2012. AP
A modified model of the Long March CZ-2F rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province on Nov. 1. China's launch of the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft paves the way for a docking exercise with another craft. The docking, if successful, will lead to China's operation of a permanent space station around 2020, and make the nation the world's third to do so. China Daily/Reuters
Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission General Xu Caihou salutes during his speech greeting the launch of China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province on Nov. 1. China Daily/Reuters
Workers go through a rehearsal at mission control for the launch of the Long March CZ-2F rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province on Oct. 28. AP
A Long March-2FT1 carrier rocket loaded with Tiangong-1 unmanned space lab module blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 29. China launched the experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power. Wang Jianmin//Xinhua/AP/File
The Long March II-F rocket loaded with China's unmanned space module Tiangong-1 is seen at the launch pad before its planned launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 29. Petar Kujundzic/Reuters/File
Researchers install China's first space station module Tiangong-1 inside the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in this undated photo. AP/File
Researchers test China's first space station module Tiangong-1 inside the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in this undated photo. AP/File
A researcher works inside China's first space station module Tiangong-1 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. AP/File
People look at the Long March II-F rocket carrying the China's first space station module Tiangong-1 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 20. AP/File
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In addition to last year's agreement to rotate US Marines through Australia, the US and Australia are now cooperating on advanced military space equipment that will help tackle 'space junk.'
The US military said on Wednesday it will station in Australia an advanced radar to help track space junk threatening satellites and is working toward placement of a new, state-of-the-art deep-space telescope developed by the Pentagon's advanced research arm.
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