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China to launch Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship on June 17
By Xinhua Published: Jun 16, 2021 09:06 AM
China's Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket and the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft are moved to the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China’s Gansu Province on Wednesday. Shenzhou-12 will send three Chinese astronauts to China's Tianhe space station core cabin. Photo: Wang Jiangbo

China's Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket and the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft are moved to the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China’s Gansu Province on Wednesday. Shenzhou-12 will send three Chinese astronauts to China's Tianhe space station core cabin. Photo: Wang Jiangbo


 
The Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship will be launched at 9:22 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency on Wednesday.