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China’s Shenzhou 18 crew are ready to return home after more than six months in space. Astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu have been living aboard the Tiangong space station since April 25 this year, but are set to return to Earth on Sunday (Nov. 3) after completing their mission. The trio greeted […]
China’s Shenzhou 18 crew have passed the keys to the Tiangong space station to its new occupants. The Shenzhou 19 mission launched on a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan spaceport in northwest China on Oct. 29 and arrived at the Tiangong space station 6.5 hours later. Shortly thereafter, at 12:51 a.m. EDT (0451 GMT) […]
On October 30, the crew of Shenzhou-19 spacecraft successfully entered the “Tiangong” space station, marking the fifth “space rendezvous” of China’s space station. So far, astronauts born in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s have gathered in the “Tiangong”. The crew of the Shenzhou 19 manned spaceflight mission is composed of “post-70s” astronaut Cai Xuzhe, “post-90s” […]
China’s next human spaceflight mission is on its way into orbit. A Long March 2F rocket topped with the Shenzhou 19 crew spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today (Oct. 19) at 4:27 p.m. EDT (2027 GMT; 4:27 a.m. Oct. 30 Beijing time), rising into a night sky above the spaceport. Aboard […]