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Erik Gregersen
Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the Astrophysical Journal. Prior to that, he worked at McMaster University on the ODIN radio astronomy satellite project.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Astronautix - Shenzhou. | Mar 04, 2022 | ||
| Added material about the three-module Tiangong space station and Shenzhou 12. | Jun 23, 2021 | ||
| Added material about Shenzhou 10, 11, and a possible successor spacecraft. | May 13, 2020 | ||
| Changed “unmanned” to “uncrewed.” Changed “manned” to “crewed.” | Jan 30, 2020 | ||
| Shenzhou 10 added to table Shenzhou spaceflights. | Oct 15, 2013 | ||
| Landing date added for Shenzhou 9 in table Shenzhou spaceflights. | Sep 19, 2012 | ||
| Updated for docking of Shenzhou 9 with Tiangong 1 in June 2012. | Jun 19, 2012 | ||
| Landing date added for Shenzhou 8 in table Shenzhou spaceflights. | Jun 19, 2012 | ||
| Shenzhou 9 added to table Shenzhou spaceflights. | Jun 19, 2012 | ||
| Added Shenzhou 8 to table Shenzhou spaceflights. | Nov 03, 2011 | ||
| Updated for docking of Shenzhou 8 with Tiangong 1 on November 3, 2011. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Yang Liwei. | Jul 14, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural China - Kaleidoscope - Yang Liwei. | Jul 14, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 22, 2009 | ||
| New article added. | Jan 07, 2009 |
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