Watch it again: Presser on the launch of China's manned spacecraft Shenzhou XIII
China holds a press conference on the launch of its manned Shenzhou-XIII spacecraft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou-13 will carry three Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, to the space station and stay there for half a year before returning.
The rocket carrying China's Shenzhou XIII spacecraft was transferred to the launchpad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on October 7, as preparations gathered pace for the country's next manned mission to continue assembling a new space station.
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