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  • Report: China plans manned space launch this month

    06/10/2012 7:47:29 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 9 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | June 9, 2012 | Associated Press
    BEIJING (AP) — China will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday. A rocket carrying the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft was moved to a launch pad in China‘s desert northwest on Saturday for the mid-June flight, the Xinhua News Agency said, citing an space program spokesman. The three-member crew will dock with and live in the Tiangong 1 orbital module launched last year, Xinhua said. The government has not said how long the mission will last.
  • China announces launch time of Shenzhou-8

    10/30/2011 9:50:17 PM PDT · by Rabin · 2 replies
    news.xinhuanet ^ | Oct. 31 | xin staff
    JIUQUAN, Oct. 31 -- A China manned space program spokeswoman said here Monday that the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 is scheduled to be launched at 5:58 a.m. Tuesday. A modified Long March-2F rocket, the fuel of which is being refilled, will carry the spacecraft from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/cslc/139838.htm