JIUQUAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived at the commanding tower platform at the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China, from which he will observe the launch of the country's Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft, slated for 5:38 p.m. Tuesday.
Premier Li Keqiang and Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, are at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center to watch a live broadcast of 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
