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March 13, 2013

Shenzhou 10 - Next Stop: Jiuquan
Scarborough, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2013
In the past couple of weeks, Chinese news agencies and newspapers have carried a number of stories about the upcoming mission. The sources are official with the main one being the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO). February 28, Xinhua reported CMSEO as saying the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft final assembly was complete and factory testing was in progress with transport to the Jiuquan launch site being the next stage. Construction of the CZ-2F launch vehicle was said to have been completed al ... read more

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