A look inside Shenzhou XVI mission crew's training
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China, on Tuesday, launched the Shenzhou XVI manned spaceship, sending three astronauts to its space station combination for a five-month mission. The crew will carry out several spacewalks during the mission to mount equipment outside the station and also conduct maintenance work.
Watch the video to take a peek into all the training and hardships the Shenzhou XVI mission crew had to endure and overcome to arrive at where they are today.
[Video provided by the China Astronaut Research and Training Center]
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