# @cgtneurope on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIypyXhM0fC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29743939-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-23T13:53:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

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China’s latest space mission involves zebrafish, planarians and streptomyces as research continues with three life science experiments.⁣
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What will the three astronauts heading to the Chinese space station Tiangong on Thursday be doing?⁣
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The main ambition of China’s Shenzhou-20 mission is completing the in-orbit rotation with the Shenzhou-19 crew which will soon return to the Dongfeng landing site.⁣
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The Shenzhou-20 spaceflight from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China will carry astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie.⁣
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They will conduct space science and application experiments, install a space debris protection device, as well as extravehicular payload and equipment, and perform recovery tasks.⁣
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The country's fourth batch of astronauts set to participate in Shenzhou space flights is currently in training. They are from Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Pakistan.⁣
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#space #china #shenzhou

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shenzhou, china, space

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