By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China has begun preparations to send a Shenzhou spacecraft to its permanently inhabited space station ahead of schedule, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. Shenzhou-22 is being sent without anyone on board to the Tiangong space station six months ahead of its planned launch in order to put China’s manned…
HELSINKI — China is continuing to assess plans for the return of the Shenzhou-20 crew following a suspected debris strike, with no new return timeline announced. A China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) statement Nov. 11 stated that mission teams have activated contingency procedures and are conducting simulations, system testing and safety evaluations related to…
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