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A soldier salutes in front of the launch pad holding the Long March II-F rocket loaded with Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft, in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province, June 16, 2012. China will send its first woman into outer space this week, prompting a surge of national pride as the rising power takes its latest step towards putting a space station in orbit within the decade. Liu Yang, a 33-year-old fighter pilot, will join two other astronauts aboard the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft when it lifts off from a remote Gobi Desert launch site on Saturday evening. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MILITARY) Published: Čer. 16, 2012, 4:14 dop.
V den startu se Číňané ocitli na výsluní národní hrdosti. Čína znovu ukazuje, že je plnohodnotnou kosmickou velmocí. | Foto: Reuters