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China to carry out manned space flight
Source: BBC
9 June 2012 Last updated at 08:12 GMT
China to carry out manned space flight
China has announced it will carry out a manned space flight at some point in the middle of June.
A rocket carrying the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft has been moved to a launch pad in the north-west of the country.
According to state news agency Xinhua, it will carry three astronauts - possibly including a woman - to the Taingong 1 space station module.
This will be China's fourth manned space flight and its first since 2008.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18377735
