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China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

SeattlePI.com Wednesday, 24 April 2024 ()
China’s space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit on Thursday as part of its ambitious space program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030. In a press conference on Wednesday, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) introduced the three astronauts. The crew will spend about six months on the space station. and conduct various experiments. The three-member crew’s spacecraft is set for lift-off at 1259 GMT from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in the country’s northwest. They will relieve the Shenzhou-17 team, who have manned China’s Tiangong space station since last October.
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News video: China to send new crew to space station as Moon programme continues

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China will send a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday April 25, as the country's military-run space programme works towards landing a manned mission on the Moon by 2030. China's "space dream" has been put into overdrive under President Xi Jinping, who has injected billions of dollars...

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