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dapdIn this photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, the Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying Chinas manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest Chinas Gansu Province, Satur

REUTERSThe Long March II-F rocket loaded with a Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft carrying Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang lifts off from the launch pad in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province June 16, 2012. China launched

EPAepa03268241 From L-R, Liu Yang, Liu Wang, and Jing Haipeng, the three astronauts for the space voyage on the spacecraft Shenzhou-9, salute before their departure at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwest Chinas Gansu province 16 Ju

dapdIn this image made off the monitor screen at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center and released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, Chinas astronauts Jing Haipeng, center, Liu Wang, left with face not visible, and Liu Yang sit inside the Shenzhou-9 ma

dapdA child uses a pair of binoculars to view the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft rocket before it launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, China, Saturday, June 16, 2012. China sends its first woman and two other astronauts into space Saturda

EPAepa03268131 The rocket with the Chinese Shenzhou-9 spacecraft carrying three taikonauts - the Chinese term for professional space travellers - lifts off from its launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwest Chinas Gansu pro

dapdChinas first female astronaut Liu Yang, waves during a sending off ceremony as she departs for the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft rocket launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, China, Saturday, June 16, 2012. China will send its first wom

REUTERSA woman connects a model of the Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft (R) with a model of the orbiting Tiangong 1 module (L) for sale at a shop in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Gansu province June 17, 2012. China launched the spacecraft putting its first

dapdIn this image made off the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing and released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, Chinas Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft, left, conducts docking with the Tiangong-1 space lab module shortly after 2 p.m. Beiji

dapdChinese astronauts from left., Liu Yang, Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang attend a meet the press session from behind a glass enclosure at the Jiuquan satellite launch center near Jiuquan in western Chinas Gansu province, Friday, June 15, 2012. China will se

REUTERSThe Long March II-F rocket (bottom L) loaded with a Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft carrying Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang is seen with its smoke in the sky over the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province June 16, 201

REUTERSThe Long March II-F rocket loaded with Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft carrying Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang flies over the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province June 16, 2012. China launched the spacecraft putting

REUTERSSoldiers adjust their caps while standing guard at an entrance of the Wentiange, Chinese astronauts apartment building, in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province, June 16, 2012. China will send its first woman into outer space this week, p