Rocket Long March-2F carrying Shenzhou-8 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province Oct. 26, 2011. The rocket is expected to be launched early November. (Xinhua/Wang Jingguo)
JIUQUAN -- The Shenzhou-8 spacecraft that will perform China's first space docking with Tiangong-1 space lab module is being vertically transferred with the carrier rocket to the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.