The crew of China's Shenzhou 9 mission meets reporters for a press conference before launch on June 15, 2012 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. From left to right are: Liu Yang ...
China is preparing to launch people to a prototype space station for the first time, and the crew may include the first female Chinese astronaut, or taikonaut. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...
China has unveiled the three-person crew for its first manned docking spaceflight set to launch Saturday (June 16) — a mission that will send the country's first female astronaut into orbit in the ...
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.
epa03256268 Workers wave flags as the rocket carrying the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft being moved to the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, 09 June 2012. The spaceship ...