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This picture shows a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, on the launch pad encased in a shield behind the Chinese characters for China at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on October 25, 2023. China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said on October 25, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)
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