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China launches Shenzhou 16 crew on first post-assembly space station mission [i]China has launched three astronauts to its space station on the first mission since transitioning from assembly to utilization of the orbiting lab. Veteran taikonaut Jing Haipeng and first-time fliers Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao lifted off aboard China's Shenzhou 16 spacecraft on Monday (May 29), bound for a five-month stay on board the Tiangong ("Heavenly Palace") space station. The crew launched atop a Launch March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT or 9:31 a.m. Beijing time on Tuesday).[/i]
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