China to launch Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft on Oct. 17


The Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft will be launched at 7:30 a.m. Monday Beijing Time, China’s manned space program spokesperson said Sunday.

中国载人航天计划发言人于本周日表示，神州11号载人飞船将于北京时间星期一凌晨7：30发射。

The spaceship will take two male astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong into space, said Wu Ping, deputy director of China’s the manned space engineering office, at a press conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

中国人造太空工程办公室副主任武平在酒泉卫星发射中心新闻发布会上表示，宇宙飞船将带上两位男性宇航员景海鹏和陈冬进入太空。

The mission will be carried out with a Long March-2F carrier rocket, Wu said.

武平表示，该使命将会在长征2F运载火箭的配合下执行。

The spacecraft will dock with orbiting space lab Tiangong-2 within two days, and the astronauts will stay in the space lab for 30 days, she said.

她还表示，宇宙飞船将在两天之内与轨道太空实验室天宫2号对接，两位宇航员将会在太空实验室待上30天。

After that the Shenzhou-11 spaceship will separate with Tiangong-2 and return to Earth within one day, Wu said.

武平表示，之后，神州11号宇宙飞船将与天宫2号分离，并在一天之内返回地球。