A spokesperson with China's manned space program said Wednesday that fuel has been injected into Long March-2FT1 carrier rocket in preparation for launching the Tiangong-1 space module Thursday evening as planned.
China will launch the country's first space laboratory module between 9:16 and 9:31 pm on Thursday.
The unmanned Shenzhou VIII, part of China's first spacecraft rendezvous and docking mission, will be launched in early November.
China's first space docking will go on as planned despite the rescheduled launch of the unmanned space module Tiangong-1 following a satellite launching failure last month, according to a space program commander.
In an effort to boost technology-driven design, the capital launched an international event on Monday.
Last-minute preparations for the launch of the Tiangong-1 spacecraft began at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Monday, meaning the vehicle can soon embark on a mission that will eventually have it dock with a spaceship, according to the center.
A Nobel laureate on Monday doubted the results of a European experiment that demonstrated the ability of neutrinos to move faster than the speed of light during an interview in preparation for the 2011 Nobel Laureates Beijing Forum.
Beijing on Sunday signed an agreement with an automobile manufacturer to build the country's largest industrial park for producing components for new-energy vehicles, according to municipal authorities.
China will purchase its first fixed-wing aircraft for the use in Antarctic research expeditions to facilitate aviation support, said a research leader on Sunday.
China is making last-minute preparations to launch the country's first space laboratory module at the end of this week at a launch center in northwest China.
Weather forecasts showed that Thursday or Friday might be suitable for launching the Tiangong-1 spacecraft, experts said.
Fu Ming'ai is one of the more than 1,400 abducted children who were helped by a national DNA database, which helps match trafficked children and their parents.