China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft on a Long March 2F carrier rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China in late Saturday afternoon.
China launches its Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft at 6:37 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time (GMT+0800), sending three astronauts including the country's first female one into space to dock with Tiangong 1, China's first space laboratory module. [Photo: China.org.cn] |