Shenzhou-11 Manned Spacecraft Blasts off into Space

The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft, in China’s sixth manned space mission, blasted off into space at 07:30 with astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong on board at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It is the third space mission for Jing, 50, and the first for Chen, 38. They will stay in the Tiangong-2 space lab for 30 days and carry out a number of experiments there after the spacecraft docks with the orbiting lab, which was launched on Sept. 15. More