Chinese astronaut Gui Haichao waves during a send-off ceremony for his manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China launched a civilian into space for the first time as part of a three-man crew heading to its Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-16 crew took off on Tuesday on board a Long March 2F rocket launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-west China. The launch was a “complete success” and the “astronauts are in good condition”, said Zou Lipeng, director of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.

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