China will launch Shenzhou-16 mission to Chinese space station on May 30

The spacecraft Shenzhou-16 will lift off atop a Long March 2F rocket at 9:31 a.m (0131 GMT).

By Reuters | May 29, 2023, 06.58 AM IST

This photo taken on May 22, 2023 shows a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft, being transported to the launching area at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwestern Gansu province.

China will send three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday as part of a crew rotation, in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Monday.

The spacecraft Shenzhou-16 will lift off atop a Long March 2F rocket at 9:31 a.m (0131 GMT).

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