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Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin attend a see-off ceremony before the launch of the Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft for a crewed mission to China's Tiangong space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 26, 2023. China Daily via REUTERS
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China's youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station

The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or "Divine Vessel", and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China

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China astronauts return from Tiangong space station

FILE PHOTO: Rocket launch at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu at the return capsule after Chinese astronauts returned to Earth following the Shenzhou-13 manned space mission to complete construction of the space station, at a shopping mall in Beijing, China April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Chinese astronauts land on Earth after China's longest crewed space mission

Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
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Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space