Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2012
On June 16, China launched three taikonauts successfully with Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, which lifted off atop a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northern Gansu province.
The three taikonauts in the crew were Jing Haipeng (Mission Commander), Liu Yang and Liu Wang.
Image Credit: China Manned Space Engineering
The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will manual dock with Tiangong-1 space lab on Monday (June 18).
Watch the launch video below, countdown starts at 1:39 in the video.
The three taikonauts in the crew were Jing Haipeng (Mission Commander), Liu Yang and Liu Wang.
Image Credit: China Manned Space Engineering
The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will manual dock with Tiangong-1 space lab on Monday (June 18).
Watch the launch video below, countdown starts at 1:39 in the video.
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