The Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft, with three astronauts on board, will be launched at 5:38 p.m. today from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China.

China.org.cn will present you a live webcast this afternoon.

(From left to right) Wang Yaping, Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang, three astronauts to go into the space on Shenzhou 10 spacecraft. [Photo: Xinhua]

The Tiangong-1, a target orbiter and space module sent to space in September 2011, is ready for astronauts' admission and other missions of Shenzhou 10.

According to the schedule of the upcoming mission, Shenzhou-10 will dock with Tiangong-1 with automatic and manual operations, where astronauts will conduct space science experiments and offer lessons to students on Earth.

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