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JIUQUAN, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship separated from the country's space station combination at 8:37 p.m.Prior to the separation, the Shenzhou-16 crew and Shenzhou-17 crew carried out handover work, and completed in-orbit work experience exchange, and the transfer and installation of materials and samples, the CMSA said.
* The Shenzhou-17 crew has the youngest lineup since the construction of China's Tiangong space station started. * The spaceship carries a batch of biotechnology experiment samples.
This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Oct. 26, 2023 shows the Shenzhou-16 and Shenzhou-17 crew talking with each other inside China's space station.
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