Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft launched

Marking the first manned space mission after China's space station entered its application and development phase, the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft carrying three taikonauts was successfully launched onboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket at 9:31 am on Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in in northwest China. After concluding a more challenging autonomous rendezvous and docking maneuver, the crew will enter the core module and conduct in-orbit rotation with Shenzhou-15 crew.

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taikonaut：是由中文“太空”的拼音和英语单词 astronaut 混成的拼缀词。该词也被牛津词典收录，意思为 Chinese astronaut（中国宇航员）。

conclude：结束；推断；结论

rendezvous：约会地点；集合（来自法语 rendez vous，呈现你自己）

dock：码头；船坞；港区；飞船对接；使船进入港口

maneuver：演习，调遣；（使某物）移动（man- = hand 手，euver- = work 工作）

rendezvous and docking： 交会对接 ; 空间交会对接 ; 交会和对接