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Two Chinese astronauts were sent into orbit on Monday, to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022.
China launches its longest manned space mission, sending two astronauts into orbit. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the moon by 2030.
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