
This undated photo shows Jing Haipeng, one of the two astronauts who will carry out China's Shenzhou-11 mission. The Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft will be launched at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 17, 2016 Beijing Time (2330 GMT Oct. 16). The spaceship will take two male astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong into space. The spacecraft will dock with orbiting space lab Tiangong-2 within two days, and the astronauts will stay in the space lab for 30 days. The 50-year-old Jing will be commander of the mission. It will be his third spaceflight following his Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008 and Shenzhou-9 mission in 2012. It will be the first spaceflight of 38-year-old Chen. (Xinhua)
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