BEIJING (Reuters) -China will launch the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft on November 25, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday, a move that will help return the country’s space station and manned flight programme to normality after a vessel was damaged in early November.
The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft is being sent to China’s space station Tiangong to replace the Shenzhou-21, which was forced to return to Earth six months before schedule after another vessel docked at the station was damaged.
(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Jan Harvey)
