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China to launch two astronauts into space on Monday

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BEIJING Oct 16, 2016 - 12:00 am GMT+3
Chinese astronauts Jin Haipeng (L) and Chen Dong (R) wave during a 'meet the media' session at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, 16 October 2016 (EPA Photo)
Chinese astronauts Jin Haipeng (L) and Chen Dong (R) wave during a 'meet the media' session at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, 16 October 2016 (EPA Photo)
by Oct 16, 2016 12:00 am
China plans to launch two astronauts into space on Monday morning, state news agency Xinhua has reported.

A Long March-2F carrier rocket will blast off at 7:30 am (2330 GMT Sunday) from Jiuquan space centre in Inner Mongolia, on the edge of northern China's Gobi Desert.

The Shenzou 11 spacecraft will dock with China's second experimental space lab, Tiangong-2, within two days, Xinhua said Sunday. Tiangong-2 was launched last month.

The men will stay at the lab for 30 days conducting in-orbit maintenance, space science and aerospace medical experiments, Wu Ping, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Programme, explained.

China's sixth crewed mission will also test docking and return technologies, part of the country's quest for a permanent station in space by 2022.

If the International Space Station (ISS) ends it mission on schedule in 2024, then China would be the only country with a permanent post in outer space.

Chinese astronauts are banned from the ISS after a 2011 ruling by the US Congress, citing national security concerns.

In 2003, China became the third nation to launch an astronaut into space, after Russia and the United States, and has said it wants to carry out a manned moon landing by 2024 and a probe landing on Mars in 2021.
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