China launches 3 astronauts, including 1st ever from Hong Kong, to Tiangong ****** e station (video)
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China launched its next crew to the Tiangong ****** e station on Sunday (May 24), on a mission that will relieve astronauts who have been in orbit a month longer than planned, and send one astronaut on China's first year-long ****** eflight.
A 203-foot-long (62 meters) Long March 2F rocket launched the Shenzhou 23 mission on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 11:08 a.m. EDT (1508 GMT; 11:08 p.m. local time at Jiuqan).
Shenzhou 23 is sending the next trio of astronauts to Tiangong to begin a six-month-long stay aboard the ****** e station. That trio consists of Zhu Yangzhu (the mission's commander), Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying. Lai is the first astronaut from Hong Kong to reach ****** e.
The launch also marked the start of a historic human ****** eflight for China: One of the three astronauts is starting a one-year stay in orbit, a first for the country. This is because Shenzhou 24, due to launch late this year, will be used to send a Pakistani astronaut to Tiangong for a short-duration visit.
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China launched its next crew to the Tiangong ****** e station on Sunday (May 24), on a mission that will relieve astronauts who have been in orbit a month longer than planned, and send one astronaut on China's first year-long ****** eflight.
A 203-foot-long (62 meters) Long March 2F rocket launched the Shenzhou 23 mission on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 11:08 a.m. EDT (1508 GMT; 11:08 p.m. local time at Jiuqan).
Shenzhou 23 is sending the next trio of astronauts to Tiangong to begin a six-month-long stay aboard the ****** e station. That trio consists of Zhu Yangzhu (the mission's commander), Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying. Lai is the first astronaut from Hong Kong to reach ****** e.
The launch also marked the start of a historic human ****** eflight for China: One of the three astronauts is starting a one-year stay in orbit, a first for the country. This is because Shenzhou 24, due to launch late this year, will be used to send a Pakistani astronaut to Tiangong for a short-duration visit.
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