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Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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Chinese Rocket Rolled Out To Launch Pad, As Taikonauts Arrive For Manned Mission Chinese space workers finished rolling out the Long-March II-F rocket topped by a spaceship, moving the system onto the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Six taikonauts arrived at the center, of which three will ride the Shenzhou-7 spaceship into orbit in a launch planned for Thursday. Once in orbit, one of the taikonauts will conduct…

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