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[ August 29, 2026 ] Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next ‘great observatory,’ poised for Sunday launch Falcon Heavy
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Key events during Shenzhou 11’s ascent to orbit

October 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

It will take less than 10 minutes for a Long March 2F rocket to send two astronauts inside the Shenzhou 11 space capsule on course toward a docking with China’s Tiangong 2 space lab.

Live coverage: Chinese space capsule docks with Tiangong 2

October 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

Soaring more than 200 miles above Earth, a Chinese spacecraft with two astronauts on-board closed in for docking with the Tiangong 2 space lab just before 1930 GMT (3:30 p.m. EDT).

Chinese spacecraft poised for launch with two astronauts

October 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

China is gearing up to launch two astronauts on a month-long expedition to the country’s new orbiting space lab module Sunday.