China’s 5th manned space flight launched today, Shenzhou-10, on a Long March 2F rocket. Liftoff occurred at 09:38 UTC on June 11th 2013 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Shenzhou 10 will approach and dock with the Tiangong-1 Docking Target which launched in September 2011. They will be the last crew to dock with Tiangong-1 before it is de-orbited, Shenzhou-9 docked back in June 2012. The crew of Shenzhou 10 are commander Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and second Chinese female astronaut Wang Y
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