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

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

/ 10:43 AM May 29, 2023

China will send three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on May 30

FILE PHOTO: A security surveillance camera overlooking a street is pictured next to a nearby fluttering flag of China in Beijing, China November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

BEIJING — China will send three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday, May 30, as part of a crew rotation, in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, the China Manned Space Agency announced 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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