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China Launches Shenzhou-11 Spacecraft With Two Crew Members

© AFP 2023 / FILESThis file photo taken on September 20, 2008 shows Chinese tourists gathering to watch the Shenzhou-7 manned spaceship on top of the Long-March II-F rocket being transfered to the launchpad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province
This file photo taken on September 20, 2008 shows Chinese tourists gathering to watch the Shenzhou-7 manned spaceship on top of the Long-March II-F rocket being transfered to the launchpad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province - Sputnik International
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China launched on Monday a manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 with two astronauts on board, local media reported.

BEIJING (Sputnik) – The spacecraft was launched at 7:30 a.m. local time (23:30 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gobi Desert. The launch was broadcasted by the China Central Television (CCTV).

China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft, left, conducts docking with the Tiangong-1 space lab module. - Sputnik International
China to Launch Manned Spacecraft Shenzhou-11 on Monday

The crew consists of Maj. Gen. Jing Haipeng and Col. Chen Dong.

The spacecraft is expected to dock with China's space laboratory Tiangong-2, which was launched aboard a carrier rocket on September 15, from the same launch site. According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Tiangong-2 has begun conducting in-orbit tests on September 23.

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