See-off ceremony held for Chinese astronauts on Shenzhou-13 mission

A see-off ceremony for three Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-13 crewed space mission is held at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Oct. 15, 2021. Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang (C), Wang Yaping (R) and Ye Guangfu will stay in space for about six months. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

JIUQUAN, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- A see-off ceremony for three Chinese astronauts departing on the Shenzhou-13 crewed space mission was held on Friday evening at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

At the command of Li Shangfu, commander-in-chief of China's manned space program, astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu set off at 9:42 p.m. to begin the country's longest-ever crewed space mission for the construction of China's space station.

The Shenzhou-13 spaceship is expected to be launched at 12:23 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), and the crew will stay in orbit for six months.

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