China's second manned space mission will be launched Wednesday morning, carrying two astronauts into orbit on a flight lasting several days, the government announced Tuesday. A rocket carrying the Shenzhou VI space capsule will blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of China's northwest, the official Xinhua News Agency said. An earlier Xinhua report said a crew had been picked from a field of six finalists but didn't give their names.
