Space cadets sourced from payload experts


Ready for ­ lift-off: Chinese astronauts on the Shenzhou-15 mission (from left) Zhang Lu, Fei Junlong and Deng Qingming waving during a meeting with the press at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. — Xinhua

JIUQUAN: China is projected to recruit 12 to 14 new reserve astronauts, and the selection, which started in September, is open, for the first time, to payload experts from Hong Kong and Macau, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) yesterday.

It will be the fourth batch of the country’s reserve astronauts.

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