The crew includes two rookies and one veteran with just five days of spaceflight experience.
Commander Fei Junling , Zhang Lu and Deng Qingming at a Shenzhou 15 pre-launch press conference at Jiuquan on Nov. 28, 2022.
China just unveiled the crew that will launch on its Shenzhou 15 mission Tuesday and spend the next six months in space. Commander Fei Junlong and crewmates Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu met the press on Monday , just a day before the from Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert. China’s human spaceflight agency, CMSA, is run by the country’s military and typically keeps the identity of its crews secret until close to launch.2F rocket is set for Tuesday at 10:08 a.m. EST . You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of CCTV; coverage begins at 6:30 a.m EST .China's Shenzhou 15 spacecraft and its Long March 2F rocket on the pad at Jiuquan spaceport on Nov. 21, 2022.
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