China set to launch Shenzhou-16 spacecraft with three astronauts on board | Video

Jiuquan, May 29 (EFE/EPA).- China on Monday finalised preparations to put three astronauts into orbit aboard the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft, which will transport them to the Tiangong space station, where they will stay for about five months.

Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency, told a news conference that Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, will depart at 9.31 a.m. on Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert.

Jing will lead the space mission, which will be his fourth, making him China's most experienced astronaut.

(Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).

FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE THREE ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL BE SENT TO THE TIANGONG SPACE STATION, IN JIUQUAN, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA.

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Date: 29/05/2023 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Science and technology » Space programme
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 118 seconds
Reference: 7001268125
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