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China launches Two Astronauts From Desert Pad For 30 Day Space Station Stay

In video footage taken on Oct. 16-17 near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong are congratulated by military officers and well-wishers in ethnic costumes before they board the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft readied to carry them to the Tiangong 2 experimental space laboratory orbiting Earth. Launched successfully at 7:30 a.m. on October 17, 2016 , the rocket will require less than two days to bring the pair to the space station where they are expected to remain for 30 days.
In video footage taken on Oct. 16-17 near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong are congratulated by military officers and well-wishers in ethnic costumes before they board the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft readied to carry them to the Tiangong 2 experimental space laboratory orbiting Earth. Launched successfully at 7:30 a.m. on October 17, 2016 , the rocket will require less than two days to bring the pair to the space station where they are expected to remain for 30 days.
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Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
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615650282
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
October 17, 2016
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00:00:44:15
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China
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QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG HD 1920x1080 29.97p
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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20161017.manned.airship.china.mov