China to send fresh crew to Tiangong space

The three Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-20 spaceflight mission, met the press on 23rd April. The Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched on 24th April from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, the China Manned Space Agency announced. 

The three astronauts will take over command of China’s Tiangong space station from the Shenzhou-19 crew currently in orbit, and will spend about six months in space. Shenzhou-20 is the 35th flight mission of China’s manned space program, and the fifth crewed mission during the application and development stage of China’s space station. 

The crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site in north China in late October this year.