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Conspiracies ignite as video shows glass of water on space station

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Video shows an open glass of water on China 's Tiangong Space Station .

The clip has sent conspiracy theorists into a frenzy, with one claiming that the glass seemed to be 'fully subjected to gravity' This has led to the conclusion that the video must have been filmed within the pull of Earth 's gravity rather than out in orbit.

Despite the widespread histeria, there's a simple explanation for the video.

China took its first official step into space in 1964 , launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice.

The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1 , was launched from the Jiuquan launch centre in the northwestern province of Gansu .

China became the third country after the United States and Russia to send a man into space with its own rocket in 2003 .

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