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Profile: Tang Hongbo, ready to revisit China's space station

JIUQUAN, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tang Hongbo, a veteran astronaut who completed his first spaceflight about two years ago, is poised for a new space mission. Appointed to the position of the Shenzhou-17 commander, Tang is slated to be the first space traveler to revisit China's Tiangong space station. He will also become the quickest space returnee to date among the country's astronauts. "I am confident in, committed to and capable of accomplishing the Shenzhou-17 mission with two crewm...
Xinhua Tang Hongbo Space Mission Shenzhou First China Science
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China's youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station

BEIJING (Reuters) -The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China's space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of "taikonauts" to advance the country's space ambitions in the future. 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. Leading the six-month mission was former air force pilot Tang Hongbo, 48, w...
Hong Kong Gerry Doyle Tom Hogue Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin
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