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[b]China to launch Shenzhou-17 crewed space mission[/b] The Shenzhou-17 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 11:14 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 (Beijing Time) [11:14 p.m. EDT Oct. 25] from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency on Wednesday. [i][b]Above[/b]: Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo (at center), Tang Shengjie (at right) and Jiang Xinlin will carry out the Shenzhou-17 mission, with Tang Hongbo as the commander.[/i] (Xinhua) [b]Shenzhou-17 crew unveiled[/b] Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, and Jiang Xinlin will carry out the Shenzhou-17 manned spaceflight mission, and Tang Hongbo will be the commander. [list][*][b]Tang Hongbo[/b] As the commander of the Shenzhou-17 mission, Tang Hongbo will be the first astronaut to return to China's space station. Tang joined the second batch of Chinese astronauts in 2010, and flied to space for the first time in the three-month Shenzhou-12 mission in June 2021, the first crewed mission for China's space station construction. [*][b]Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin[/b] Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin are new comers to space. They joined China's third batch of astronauts in September 2020.[/list] The crew will stay in orbit for about six months. [b]Main tasks[/b] The Shenzhou-17 astronauts will perform various in-orbit space science and application payload tests and experiments. They will carry out extravehicular activities, install extravehicular payloads and conduct space station maintenance and other tasks. For the first time, the astronauts will do extravehicular experimental maintenance. [b]Extension module to be launched[/b] China will launch an extension module at an appropriate time and upgrade the basic configuration of the space station from the current T shape to a cross shape. The extension module will install space science experiment cabinets and large extra-vehicular experiment equipment in multiple fields with expanded application scale to meet the new needs of space science research and application. [b]Shenzhou-16 crew to return on Oct. 31[/b] The Shenzhou-16 crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site on Oct. 31, after completing the in-orbit work handover to the Shenzhou-17 crew.
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