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MNA Technology Desk: China threw two astronauts into space on Monday on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station, official media said. The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off early in the morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, the official Xinhua news agency reported. It will take two astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong two days to reach the Tiangong-2 space lab, or “Heavenly Palace-2”, which was launched in September. They will remain on board for 30 days-the longest stay thus far by Chinese astronauts-to conduct tests ...
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