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Shenzhou-8 launch set for tomorrow
By Wang Qingchu |
October 31, 2011, Monday
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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.
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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