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China’s Shenzhou-16 mission takes off bound for space station

By Ludovic EHRET Agence France-Presse JIUQUAN, China, May 30, 2023 (AFP) — China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time as Beijing pursues plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade. The world’s second-largest economy has invested billions of dollars in its military-run space program in a push to catch up with the United States […]