The Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying China's Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Li Gang)
China on Monday launched manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 that will dock with the space lab Tiangong-2.
The spacecraft, with two male astronauts on board, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi desert on the back of a Long March-2F carrier rocket.
