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China's Tiangong 2 space lab is launched on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, in China's Gansu province, on September 15, 2016. China launched its second space lab on September 15, as the Communist country works towards setting up its own space station. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / AFP / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

China's Tiangong 2 space lab is launched on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, in China's Gansu province, on September 15, 2016.
China launched its second space lab on September 15, as the Communist country works towards setting up its own space station.  CHINA OUT     AFP PHOTO / AFP / -        (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)