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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 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
Jiuquan, Jun 16(EFE/EPA).- China will put three astronauts into orbit Thursday on its first manned space mission since 2016 to participate in the fine-tuning work of the Tiangong space station, the country’s space agency told state news.The launch of the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft will take place from the Jiuquan satellite launch center in northwest China at 09:22 local time (01:22 GMT) on Thursday, state news Xinhua reported Wednesday.The spacecraft will put astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo into orbit to "verify the main technologies to build and operate the Tiangong station," said Ji Qiming, deputy director of the agency. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY). B-ROLL OF THE LAUNCH SITE FOR THE LONG MARCH-2F CARRIER ROCKET, CARRYING THE SHENZHOU-12, THE DAY BEFORE LAUNCHING, AT THE JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA.
China's Shenzhou-18 mission takes off from a launch centre in Jiuquan, in the northern Gansu province, carrying three astronauts to the country's Tiangong space station. The three are set to replace the space station's current crew and will remain in orbit around the Earth for six months. IMAGES
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