Launch Vehicle: Long March 2F
Payload: Shenzhou 9
Date: June 16, 2012
Launch Time: 1037 GMT (6:37 a.m. EDT)
Launch Site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Docking: June 18, 2012 @ 0607 GMT (2:07 a.m. EDT)
Landing: June 29, 2012 @ 0202 GMT (10:02 p.m. EDT)
Landing Site: Inner Mongolia, China
Landing story
Manual docking story
Tiangong 1 arrival
Launch imagery
Launch timeline
Rollout photos
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