Photos: China’s Long March 2F thunders off at Dawn with Two-Man Crew

China’s Long March 2F rocket launched the country’s first crewed space flight in over three years at dawn on Monday when the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft with two crew members on board was successfully lifted into orbit for a five-week research mission to the Tiangong-2 space laboratory.

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Gallery: Long March 2F rolls out with Tiangong Space Laboratory

China’s Long March 2F rocket rolls to the 921 Launch Pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a September 2016 liftoff with the Tiangong 2 Space Station Module to become the country’s next stepping stone towards a large, modular Space Station for extended crewed space mission.

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