Jiaolong sets off on historic mission
By Shi Jing | China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-02 07:51
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Ye Cong (left), pilot of the Jiaolong, and his colleagues greet onlookers prior to boarding the ship carrying the vessel, on Friday in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province. Gao Erqiang / China Daily |
JIANGYIN, Jiangsu - China's manned deep-diving submersible Jiaolong left Jiangyin in East China's Jiangsu province on board its mother ship Xiangyanghong 9 on Friday for a 5,000 meter dive in the Pacific Ocean between southeastern Hawaii and North America.
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