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LAUNCH OF SHENZHOU-14 TO THE CHINA SPACE STATION, June 4, 2022, 10:44 pm EDT (June 5, 10:44 am Beijing Time)
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Update, June 3 EDT: China plans to launch Shenzhou-14 at 10:44 pm EDT on June 4 (10:44 am June 5 in China).
Xinhua says the crew is:
- Chen Dong (who flew on Shenzhou-11)
- Liu Yang (who was China’s first woman astronaut, on Shenzhou-9)
- Cai Xuzhe (on his first spaceflight)
LIVE: Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, the three Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-14 crewed space mission, met the press on Saturday. https://t.co/g6TleF1JKZ
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) June 4, 2022
Original Entry: China is expected to launch its next space station crew, Shenzhou-14, to the Tianhe core module of the China Space Station (sometimes called Tiangong 3) on June 5, 2022 Beijing time, which could be June 4 EDT depending on exactly when it launches.
China’s state owned Xinhua news service published a series of photos of the Long March 2F rocket and Shenzhou-14 spacecraft being rolled to the launch pad on May 29, but did not officially announce the launch date or time, however.