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China began its longest manned space mission with the launch of the Shenzhou-10 rocket, state television showed, as the country steps up an ambitious exploration program symbolizing its growing power.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rocket ascended above the Jiuquan space centre in the Gobi Desert trailing a vast column of flame.<\/p>\n

The three astronauts on board — who include Wang Yaping, 33, China’s second woman in space — saluted cameras mounted inside their capsule and moments later the boosters detached from the rocket.<\/p>\n

The crew are due to spend 15 days in orbit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beijing sees the multi-billion-dollar space program as a marker of its rising global stature and mounting technical expertise, as well as the ruling Communist Party’s success in turning around the fortunes of the once poverty-stricken nation.<\/p>\n

The three crew, in white space suits, emerged from a building and greeted crowds of well-wishers waving flags and artificial flowers, some in traditional costumes, before boarding a bus for transfer to the launch pad.<\/p>\n

Wang will teach lessons to schoolchildren via video link during the mission, officials said.<\/p>\n

“We are all students in facing the vast universe. We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical and beautiful universe,” she told a press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n

Wang, who trained as a transport pilot in the air force, has 1,600 hours of flying experience including dispelling clouds for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is a major in the military and a member of the Communist Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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