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China’s space station crew to ‘maximise opportunities’ by spending extra month in orbit
South China Morning Post

China’s space station crew to ‘maximise opportunities’ by spending extra month in orbit

The three astronauts currently stationed on China’s Tiangong space station will extend their stay by around a month, state broadcaster CCTV said on Friday. The crew lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on October 31 on board the Shenzhou-21 vessel and were expected to return to Earth at the end of this month after a standard six-month mission. In November, a crack was discovered in a window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, forcing the space station’s previous crew to extend their...

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