JIUQUAN, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, and Jiang Xinlin, the three Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-17 spaceflight mission, met the press on Wednesday.
The Shenzhou-17 crewed spaceship is expected to be launched at 11:14 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency announced earlier at a press conference on Wednesday.