Frontier soldiers from Ejin Banner border defense force guard the Saihantaolai road, in Ejin Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Oct 14. The Shenzhou-XI manned spacecraft was sent skyward at 7:30 am atop a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Oct 17, carrying two astronauts, 49-year-old Jing Haipeng and 37-year-old Chen Dong, to the Tiangong-II space laboratory. [Photo/Xinhua]