News Archive / Tagged: Long March 2F

• Chinese Shenzhou 14 crew arrive at Tiangong space station

  Cullen DesforgesJune 5th, 2022

  Shenzhou 14 and three Chinese space flyers launched to the Tiangong space station on a mission to complete the assembly of China's first modular outpost.

• China launches two taikonauts into space aboard Shenzhou 11

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 16th, 2016

  China has successfully launched its sixth manned space mission, sending two taikonauts into orbit aboard the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft. The crewed vehicle was lifted atop a Long March 2F rocket at 7:30 a.m. local time on Oct. 17 (7:30 p.m. EDT / 23:30 GMT on Oct. 16) from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.

• China set to launch Shenzhou 11 crewed mission

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 15th, 2016

  Under a shroud of secrecy, China is completing final steps toward the launch of its Shenzhou 11 spacecraft with two taikonauts on board. On Oct. 10, the country rolled out the Long March 2F rocket that will be used to send the crewed mission into space.

• China launches Tiangong-2 space laboratory into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 15th, 2016

  On Sept. 15, China successfully launched a Long March 2F rocket carrying the country’s second space lab – Tiangong-2 (meaning "Heavenly Palace" in Chinese). Liftoff took place at 10:04 p.m. local time (14:04 GMT; 10:04 a.m. EDT) from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in China’s Gansu Province.

• China set to launch Tiangong-2 lab into space

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 14th, 2016

  China is planning on launching its second Tiangong space laboratory on Thursday, Sept. 15. Called Tiangong-2, it will test technology for the country’s future space station. The orbital lab will ride to space atop a Long March 2F rocket, lifting off from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.