Shenzhou 17 crew (left to right), Jiang Xinlin, Tang Shengjie and Tang Hongbo.
Credit: China Manned Space Agency
SINGAPORE—China has sent its youngest set of astronauts to space on the Shenzhou-17 mission, which lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on a Long March-2F rocket at 11:14 a.m. local time Oct. 26. With an average age of 39, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin comprise the youngest...
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