Astronauts of China's Shenzhou XVII mission meet press
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JIUQUAN - Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, and Jiang Xinlin, the three Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou XVII spaceflight mission, met the press on Wednesday.
The Shenzhou XVII crewed spaceship is expected to be launched at 11:14 am Thursday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency announced earlier at a press conference on Wednesday.


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