See-off ceremony held for taikonauts of Shenzhou-18 mission

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See-off ceremony held for taikonauts of Shenzhou-18 mission

STORY: See-off ceremony held for taikonauts of Shenzhou-18 mission SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:30 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: A see-off ceremony for three taikonauts of the Shenzhou-18 crewed space mission was held on Thursday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, according to the China Manned Space Agency. At the command of Xu Xueqiang, commander-in-chief of China's manned space program, taikonauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu set off at 6:10 p.m. (Beijing Time). As of Thursday, the Shenzhou-17 crew has stayed in the orbiting Tiangong space station for nearly six months and is preparing for the arrival of the Shenzhou-18 crew. The Shenzhou-18 spaceship is slated to be launched at 8:59 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), and the new crew will stay in orbit for six months. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jiuquan, China. (XHTV)

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