Slide: Shenzhou-X spacecraft blasts off
(Xinhua) Updated: 2013-06-11 18:15
皇冠体育app successfully launched its fifth manned spacecraft on Tuesday afternoon, announced Zhang Youxia, chief commander of 皇冠体育app's manned space program.
Shenzhou-X, atop an upgraded Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest 皇冠体育app at 5:38 p.m. Tuesday and then entered its designated orbit.
Three astronauts, two male and one female, are aboard the spacecraft.
