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Title: China launches Shenzhou-21 mission to Tiangong space station - state media
Post by: Buster's Uncle on October 31, 2025, 05:22:29 pm

Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/)
China launches Shenzhou-21 mission to Tiangong space station - state media
Reuters
Fri, October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM EDT


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Astronauts Zhang Hongzhang, Wu Fei, and Zhang Lu wave during a see-off ceremony before taking part in the Shenzhou-21 spaceflight mission to China's Tiangong space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 31, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov



BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Friday sent three astronauts to Tiangong, including the youngest member of its astronaut corps, in its seventh mission to the permanently inhabited Chinese space station since it was completed in 2022.

The spacecraft Shenzhou-21 and its crew lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, according to Chinese state media.

(Reporting by Ryan Woo and Eduardo Baptista)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/china-launches-shenzhou-21-mission-155836151.html