via bloomberg.com
China successfully launched the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft earlier today, part of an effort to set up a permanent manned space station by 2020, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
The unmanned spacecraft blasted off at 5:58 a.m. local time at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Xinhua reported. It is set to dock with the Tiangong-1 or “Heavenly Palace” craft launched in September.
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