National flags are raised at the Dongfeng Town in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest China's Gansu Province, where China's first-ever manned spaceflight, the Shenzhou 5 (Divine Ship V) will be launched possibly tomorrow morning at the earliest. Today the astronaut will be selected from a pool of three to orbit the earth 14 times. China's CCTV has announced its original plan of live broadcast has been dropped. [newsphoto]

The primary school students will witness the launch of the spaceship.

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