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China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 16 spacecraft


China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 16 spacecraft A new crew of three astronauts is on its way to China's Tiangong space station. A Long March 2F rocket launched the Shenzhou 16 crew spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert today (May 29) at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT; 9:31 p.m. local time on May 30). Spacecraft separation occurred around 10 minutes later, according to the China National Space Administration, which declared the launch "a complete success."    More



(Source: Space.com - May 30)

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