Three astronauts to board Shenzhou-9 spacecraft

Three astronauts, two male and one female, will board Shenzhou-9 spacecraft to fulfill China's first manned space docking mission.

They are Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang who is female, according to a decision made by China's manned space docking program headquarters.

The Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft will be launched at 6:37 p.m. Saturday, according to a decision made by China's manned space docking program headquarters.