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GROWING SPACE PROGRAM. Astronauts Jiang Xinlin, Tang Shengjie and Tang Hongbo wave before boarding the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft on a Long March-2F carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on Thursday, in a program that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030. AFP
At a farewell ceremony, hundreds of supporters waving the Chinese national flag and clutching yellow flowers cheered on the three astronauts — wearing white and blue spacesuits — as they were introduced to the crowds. They are set to “perform various in-orbit space science and application payload tests and experiments”, Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency, said on Wednesday.
Members of the previous Shenzhou-16 crew — aboard Tiangong for nearly five months now — are preparing to receive the trio before returning to Earth next week. A livestream showed the crew onboard the space station monitoring their ascent in anticipation of their arrival.
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