BEIJING (Reuters) -China has set the launch for its Shenzhou-20 mission that will carry three astronauts to the Chinese space station for Thursday at 5.17 p.m. local time (0917 GMT), state media said on Wednesday.
The main purpose of the mission is to complete the in-orbit rotation with the Shenzhou-19 crew, officials said at a press conference broadcast on CCTV.
China’s Shenzhou-19 crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site on April 29.
(Reporting by Liz Lee, Shanghai and Beijing newsrooms; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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