Astronauts of China's Shenzhou XVIII mission meet press
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JIUQUAN -- Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu, the three Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-18 spaceflight mission, met the press on Wednesday.
The Shenzhou XVIII crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 8:59 pm Thursday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency announced earlier at a press conference on Wednesday.
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