Astronauts of China's Shenzhou XVIII mission meet press

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.