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Shenzhou-8 launch set for tomorrow

China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 is scheduled to be launched at 5:58am tomorrow, the spokesperson for China's space program announced today.

Today fuel will be added to the Long March-2F rocket which will carry Shenzhou-8 into orbit. The spacecraft is expected to perform China's first space docking with Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, a space lab that was launched in September, Xinhua news agency reported today.

The spacecraft will be launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province.

 

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