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BloombergPui Gwen Yeung

Hong Kong’s first astronaut joins Shenzhou-23 mission en route to China’s Tiangong space station

Hong Kong’s inaugural astronaut—an ex-police officer with a doctorate in computer forensics—will launch with China’s Shenzhou-23 crew and join the Tiangong space-station mission Sunday, with Chief Executive John Lee calling it a “historic moment.” Separate live reporting at Jiuquan covered press interactions with the Shenzhou-23 crew.

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