China's Shenzhou-11 spaceship, which is set to take two astronauts into space, today reached the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China for its scheduled launch in October.
General assembly and testing will begin at the centre ahead of its launch, scheduled for mid-October, a statement by China's manned space engineering office said.
The spaceship will transport personnel and supplies to China's second orbiting space lab Tiangong-2, which is to be launched in mid-September.
The astronauts selected for the mission are both male and have been undergoing intense training, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Tiangong-2, which will allow the astronauts to live in space for up to 30 days, was delivered to the center in early July while the carrier rockets arrived last week.
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