Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China

The launch pad for the Long March-2F Y13 rocket (back) is pictured at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's Gansu province on Oct. 15, 2021, ahead of the launch of the rocket carrying the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft in the country's second crewed mission to build its own space station.

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