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China launches Shenzhou-17 crew for a six-month stay on Tiangong space station [i]China has launched a new three-person crew to its space station, led by the first taikonaut to make a return visit to the orbiting outpost. Tang Hongbo, who was a member of the Tiangong space station's first resident crew in 2012, lifted off as commander of China's Shenzhou-17 spacecraft on Wednesday (Oct. 25), together with first time fliers Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin. The three launched atop a Launch March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:14 p.m. EDT (0314 GMT or 11:14 a.m. Beijing Time on Oct. 26).[/i]
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