China set to launch Shenzhou 23 astronauts to Tiangong space station this weekend
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China is preparing to launch its next crew to the Tiangong space station as soon as Sunday (May 24), in a mission that will relieve astronauts who have been in orbit a month longer than planned, and …
China is preparing to launch its next crew to the Tiangong space station as soon as Sunday (May 24), in a mission that will relieve astronauts who have been in orbit a month longer than planned, and potentially send one astronaut on China's first year-long spaceflight. The 203-foot-long (62 meters) Long March 2F rocket that will launch the Shenzhou 23 mission was transferred 0.93 miles (1.5 kilometers) by rail from the vertical integration building to the pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center …
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