China s Long March-2F Y12 rocket has been rolled out to the launch pad ahead of next week s mission that will take three astronauts to the nation s new orbiting space station modular.
China s space station Tianhe core cabin is expecting its first visitors as the combination of the Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket and Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft tasked to ferry three astronauts to the space station was vertically transferred to the launch pad on Wednesday.
The rocket that will send the first crew members to live on China s new orbiting space station has been moved onto the launch pad ahead of its planned blastoff next week.