Shenzhou 'Long March' launcher on its way to the launch pad in Jiuquan
Shenzhou 'Long March' launcher on its way to the launch pad in Jiuquan
The 'Long March' launch vehicle that will carry Shenzhou-8 and SIMBOX into space, on its way to the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia. On board is the SIMBOX (Science in Microgravity Box) experimental facility containing 17 experiments from the fields of biology and medicine, which will be conducted by German researchers together with their Chinese colleagues This is the first time that the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) cooperates with another nation in the use of Shenzhou – the core of China's human spaceflight programme.
