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China’s Only Woman Spaceflight Engineer Among Crew To Go To Tiangong Space Station

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China’s Only Woman Spaceflight Engineer Among Crew To Go To Tiangong Space Station

Jiuquan: China’s only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a fresh crew of three astronauts sent to its Tiangong space station this week, Beijing announced Tuesday. The Shenzhou-19 mission is scheduled to blast off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am Wednesday (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest…

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In A First, China To Launch Probe To Collect Samples From Far Side Of Moon

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In A First, China To Launch Probe To Collect Samples From Far Side Of Moon

Plans for China’s “space dream” have been put into overdrive under Xi Jinping. (File) Wenchang, China: China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030….

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