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Chinaโ€™s space station crew to โ€˜maximise opportunitiesโ€™ by spending extra month in orbit

The three astronauts currently stationed on Chinaโ€™s Tiangong space station will extend their stay by around a month, state broadcaster CCTV said on Friday. The crew lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on October 31 on board the Shenzhou-21 vessel and were expected to return to Earth at the end of this month after a standard six-month mission. In November, a crack was discovered in a window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, forcing the space stationโ€™s previous crew to extend their...