JIUQUAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft is scheduled to blast off in about 30 minutes.
Three Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping are in the spacecraft and have finished all inspections before the launch.
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Xi sees off Shenzhou-10 crew
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| Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) attends a see-off ceremony for Chinese astronauts of an upcoming manned space mission at the astronauts' apartment building in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 11, 2012. The three astronauts are Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) |
JIUQUAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping attended a see-off ceremony for Chinese astronauts of an upcoming manned space mission on Tuesday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, where he is scheduled to watch the launch of the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft.
Xi, who has just wrapped up his trip to Latin America and the United States and returned to China on Sunday, came into the astronauts' apartment building on Tuesday afternoon to see off Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping, who are due to start their journey to space at 5:38 p.m.. Full story
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