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Shenzhou X Spacecraft Launches, the First OutSpace Transportation Trial

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On June 11th of Beijing time, Shenzhou X spacecraft blasted off carrying three Chinese astronauts in Jiiuquan Satellite Launch Center of Inner Mongolia. They are going to stay two weeks in the spacecraft.

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They have their specific roles: Haisheng Lie is the instructor and responsible for the connection mission, Xiaoguang Zhang is the instructor assistant and helping the spacecraft launching and other associated tasks, and Yaping Wang is in charge of the aerocraft monitoring, laboratory experiment, equipment handling, living care and lecture of the space course.

Different from Shenzhou IX and Shenzhou IIX spacecraft's experimental flight, the trip of Shenzhou X is the first transportation trial between the earth and the space. The aim of the trial is to provide transportation service of staff and good for the Tiangong I space laboratory.

The launch tower is ready; the platform is open and waiting. Seeing from far outside, the flag is shining in red. The design director, Muchun Jing, said that the technology of manufacturing spacecraft is getting mature.

 "Reported by the Long March, the carrier rocket is stand-by." The name, Long March, is the code of the launching testing commander. "Five-minute count down." No. Zero, the director of the launch center, announced and his sound spread around the place. "Three-minute count down."  "One-minute counts down."

 "......Five, four, three, two, one."

 "Light the fire!"

In a sudden, a great amount of steams mixing with flaming fire broke out; at the same time the blare blow up. People in the center covered their ears, and with cheerful smiles on their faces. The spacecraft is speeding and leaving farther and farther. Outside of the earth, the space laboratory well set up more than six hundred days ago has been waiting the spacecraft.

About twenty minutes later, the design director of the manned space flight project, Mr. Zhang announced that the launching process of Shenzhou X was successfully completed. 

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