CHINA on Monday unveiled the lineup of three taikonauts for the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceflight mission that is set to be launched on Tuesday night.

The trio — led by mission commander Fei Junlong; two space newcomers Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu are the other two — are going to conduct a direct handover in orbit with the Shenzhou-14 crew at the China Space Station in construction, which shall mark a first in China's aerospace history.

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