China launched the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft 41 Monday morning of October 17 to transport two astronauts to the Tiangong II space laboratory. The spacecraft 42 (send) skyward at 7:30 am atop (在…顶上) a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, 43 (carry) two male astronauts – Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong. After the launch, the spacecraft will travel two days before docking(对接) with the Tiangong II, 44 was lifted from the Jiuquan center in mid-September. Then the astronauts will enter the space lab and stay there for 30 days, and it will be the longest space stay by Chinese astronauts.
The main 45 (task) of the Shenzhou XI mission are to test docking technologies for the country's 46 (plan) space station, to verify the life-support capability of the spacecraft-space lab combination as well as conduct 47 (science) research.
China is 48 third country in the world that has 49 (depend) fulfilled manned spaceflight following the former Soviet Union and the United States. Its space program aims 50 (place) a permanent manned space station into service around 2022.
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