Unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII blasts off

China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi desert area at 5:58 a.m. Beijing Time Tuesday. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]

 

Unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII blasts off

 

A modified model of the Long March CZ-2F rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou- VIII blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 1, 2011.[Photo by Su Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]   

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Unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII blasts off 

A modified model of the Long March CZ-2F rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou- VIII blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 1, 2011.[Photo by Su Dong/chinadaily.com.cn] 

 
 

Unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII blasts off

Reporters wait for the launch of Shenzhou VIII carried by an upgraded Long March-2F rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Nov 1, 2011. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]