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China sends a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-17 blasted off from the Jiuquan launch site in arid northwest China at 11:14 am (0314 GMT) Thursday, carrying a three-astronaut team with the youngest average age since the space station's construction. IMAGES
The Shenzhou-16 crew takes off atop a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. IMAGES
China sends three astronauts to its Tiangong space station, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time. IMAGES
Gobi Desert, Oct 14 (EFE).- China will send three astronauts, including a woman, to its space station early on Saturday.The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced Thursday that the astronauts would take off in the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft that will blast off at 00.23 hours.The mission will launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northern China. (Camera: ALVARO ALFARO).B-ROLL OF THE JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER IN GOBI DESERT, INNER MONGOLIA, NEAR THE CITY OF JIUQUAN, CHINA.
The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off on Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a major step in establishing Beijing as a leading space power. The Long March-2F rocket carrying three astronauts lifted off at 9:22 am local time (0122 GMT) in a cloud of smoke from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi desert. IMAGES
The first astronauts for China's new space station bid farewell at a departure ceremony in Jiuquan before their launch on a Long March-2F rocket for the country's longest crewed mission to date. IMAGES
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