&lt;p&gt;Mission commander Jing Haipeng (R) with fellow astronauts Liu Wang (C) and Liu Yang, China&#39;s first female astronaut, wave to the crowd prior to boarding the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on June 16. The crew&#39;s main task during their 13-day mission is to carry out China&#39;s first manual space docking.&lt;/p&gt;