In pictures: Long March 2-F rocket reaches launch center

The first and second stage launchers of the Long March 2-F rocket which will carry China's new manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10 are placed at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for further test in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 3, 2013. The Long March 2-F rocket was delivered to the center on May 2 and it is technologically advanced and more reliable compared to the one that carried the Shenzhou-9. Shenzhou-10, scheduled to blast off early next month, was delivered to the launch center in northwest China on March 31. (Xinhua/Liang Jie)