Jiuquan, China, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - China sends youngest astronaut, mice to space station

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2025-10-31

A crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country's youngest-ever, docked early Saturday at the Tiangong space station, accompanied by four lab mice. Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported the docking of the Shenzhou-21 spaceship at 3:35 am (1935 GMT on Friday), almost four hours after it departed from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, powered aloft by a Long March-2F rocket. The Tiangong space station -- crewed b......

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