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China will send an astronaut to its space station on Sunday (May 24, 2026) for a year, a record length for the country, enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards its ambition of a crewed moon landing by 2030. The Shenzhou-23 vessel is scheduled to launch at 11:08 p.m….
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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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April 25, 2024 08:28 pm | Updated 08:53 pm IST – JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship blast off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, on April 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China launched a three-member crew to…
Staff members sit during a press conference for the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft launch by Lin Xiqiang, spokesperson and deputy director general of the Chinese Manned Space Agency, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP China announced plans on October 25 to send a new telescope to…
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an image captured off a screen at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the Shenzhou-15 and Shenzhou-14 crew taking a group picture with their thumbs up after a historic gathering in space on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP China plans to…
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