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China to Launch Spacecraft in 2013

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Hopes to own space station by 2020.

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Houston, we have company. China announced plans on Saturday to launch its Shenzhou 10 spacecraft in early June 2013, representing a huge step for a country that hopes to construct its own space station by 2020.

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