China’s Shenzhou-12 Moves To Launch Pad

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The Long March-2F Y12 that will launch a three-man crew to the Chinese space station on the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia.
Credit: Xinhua News Agency
The China Manned Space Agency has moved the Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying the Shenzhou spacecraft to the launchpad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. The launch vehicle is preparing to send three Chinese astronauts—or taikonauts—to the Tianhe space station module on June...

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