China's Long March 2F rocket, carrying the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft, rolls to the launch pad in preparation for its November 2011 launch. A Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft closes in on the country's ...

The Shenzhou 8 spacecraft is lifted into orbit by a Long March 2F rocket China has taken the ... are likely to try to make similar dockings in 2012. Chinese astronauts - yuhangyuans - are expected ...

The experiments will return to Earth with Shenzhou-8 after the capsule undocks ... The Oct. 31 launch of the Chinese Long March 2F rocket from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in ...

China shot its Shenzhou 8 into space atop its Long March rocket today with a successful ... Within the next two days Chinese news agency Xinhua says that the Shenzhou 8 module will dock with ...

The Shenzhou-8 spaceship is mounted to a Long March-2F rocket at Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... Ye Peijian, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said at a recent seminar in Jiangsu Province ...

China launched the Shenzhou-8 space capsule into the ... a mission to the moon without even building a heavy-lift rocket: I know the Chinese Long March 5 rocket is in development.

The launching was carried live on Chinese television, providing spectacular shots of the rocket's climb ... and unload the Tianzhou-8 cargo ship before their Shenzhou 19 replacements arrive ...

Following Sunday’s successful launch, Shenzhou-11 – and its two taikonauts – were inserted into a parking orbit. The Chinese manned spacecraft was detected on a 334 x 336 km x 42.8 deg orbit.

A Chinese rocket ... Thursday's launch of the Shenzhou-20 mission is intended to ferry a team of three astronauts to China's Tiangong space station. The Long March-2F rocket lifted into the ...

A view from onboard cameras aboard Chinese spacecraft during the docking of Shenzhou 8 and Tiangong 1 to form ... Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events ...

The spacecraft rode a Long March 2F rocket ... Chinese officials. Its orbit has been lowered slightly and the vehicle turned 180 degrees in preparation for its upcoming union with Shenzhou 8.

The spacecraft rode a Long March 2F rocket ... Chinese officials. Its orbit has been lowered slightly and the vehicle turned 180 degrees in preparation for its upcoming union with Shenzhou 8.