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China has announced plans to land a rover on Mars before the end of the decade, according to state-owned news service Xinhua.
Astronauts Jiang Xinlin, Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie participate in a farewell ceremony in China's Jiuquan. The Shenzhou-17 module carrying the trio to the station is scheduled to blast off at 11:14 am (0314 GMT) Thursday from the launch site in China's northwest. IMAGES
Chinese astronauts say goodbye before the launch of the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft, which will take off aboard a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. It will carry mission commander Jing Haipeng on his fourth extra-terrestrial trip, as well as engineer Zhu Yangzhu and Beihang University professor Gui Haichao, the first Chinese civilian in space. IMAGES
Chinese astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Jing Haipeng, and Gui Haichao arrive for a press briefing before the Shenzhou-16 launch to the Tiangong space station. They are set to take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Tuesday at 9:31 am (0131 GMT). IMAGES
The US won't send diplomatic representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and "contribute to the fanfare of the Games", "given the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang", says White House press secretary Jen Psaki. SOUNDBITE
Jiuquan, Jun 16 (EFE/EPA).- The Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-12 took off successfully on Thursday at 9.22 am (01:22 GMT) with three astronauts on board in the country's first manned mission to space since 2016.The spacecraft took off at the scheduled time from the Jiuqian satellite launch center, in the northwest of the country, on the Long March-2F rocket, according to images broadcast live on state television CGTN.Shenzhou-12 is putting astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo into orbit to participate in the fine-tuning of the Tiangong space station that the country plans to have ready by 2022. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: CHINESE ASTRONAUTS TANG HONGBO, NIE HAISHENG, AND LIU BOMING WAVE DURING A DEPARTURE CEREMONY BEFORE THE LAUNCH OF THE LONG MARCH-2F CARRIER ROCKET, CARRYING THE SHENZHOU-12, AND THE LONG MARCH-2F CARRIER ROCKET, CARRYING THE SHENZHOU-12, TAKES OFF FROM THE LAUNCH SITE AT THE JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, IN THE GOBI DESERT, INNER MONGOLIA, NEAR JIUQUAN, CHINA.
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