The Long March-2F rocket launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert, near to the border with Mongolia. Read more about the launch:
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China has launched three astronauts to its uncompleted space station for six months of construction work. The crew are Chen Dong, Can Xuzhe, and Liu Yang - who was the first Chinese woman in space after a previous mission in 2012. They will work to complete the Tiangong space station by the end of this year, installing two lab modules at opposite sides of the outpost, giving it a T-shape.China is not allowed to be involved in the ISS after to laws passed by US Congress restricting NASA's co-operation with Beijing due to the secrecy of its space programme and its close ties to the country's military.US caution regarding China's space ambitions became law in 2011, through the so-called Wolf Amendment.
Congress banned NASA from using government funds to engage in direct, bilateral co-operation with either the Chinese government or any organisations affiliated with the Chinese government.
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