Shenzhou-VI blasts off at 9:00

China launches its second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-VI at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province at 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2005. (Xinhua photo)

The TV grab shows China's second manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou-VI with astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng onboard, was being lifted into the sky by a Long March II F carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province at 09:00 (local time) Oct 12, 2005.

TV grab shows that Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng report to the ground at 9:13 am Beijing time right after Shenzhou VI was launched at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province.

The Shenzhou-VI with astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng onboard, was being lifted into the sky by a Long March II F carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province at 09:00 (local time) Oct 12, 2005.

The Shenzhou-VI with astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng onboard, was being lifted into the sky by a Long March II F carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province at 09:00 (local time) Oct 12, 2005.