China's Shenzhou-16 lifts off for space station; Beijing plans to land astronauts on Moon by 2030

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China will send three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time as Beijing pursues plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade

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