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Rocket carrying China's Shenzhou-18 crewed spacecraft blasts off

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A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts on board, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday.

The rocket blasted off at 8:59 p.m. Beijing Time.

The mission marks China's 13th manned spaceflight mission since the launch of the manned space program and represents the first manned mission to the space station this year.

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