China launches Shenzhou-20 spacecraft carrying three astronauts to Tiangong space station

On April 24, China launched the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts to the country's Tiangong space station, on a six-month mission.

The Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China at 5:17 p.m. local time (4:17 p.m. Vietnam time).

The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft is expected to dock with the Tiangong space station after about 6.5 hours.

According to the plan, the three-man crew on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft will replace the three-man crew that was sent to the Tiangong space station in October 2024 and has been on the station for 175 days.

Astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-20 will conduct promising life science experiments and perform spacewalks to perform maintenance and install new equipment.

Notably, this is the first time China has conducted research on the extraordinary regenerative ability of planaria flatworms in a space environment.

This new creature, brought to the Tiangong space station, is famous for its miraculous ability to regenerate damaged organs.

With an experienced crew and a promising life science experiment program, the Shenzhou-20 mission promises to make valuable discoveries , contributing to the advancement of China's manned space program and expanding humanity's understanding of life in the harsh environment of space.

The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft are expected to return to Earth on April 29./.

(Vietnam+)

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