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On This Day: Thirty-nine fans crushed to death in Heysel disaster, in 1939

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On This Day: Thirty-nine fans crushed to death in Heysel disaster, in 1939

On May 29, 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay

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China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay

China sent three astronauts to the Tiangong space station for a six-month mission. The spacecraft Shenzhou-18, carrying the astronauts, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The astronauts included Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, all former air force pilots. Tiangong can house a maximum of three astronauts for months at an orbital altitude of up to 450 km. China has been launching two crewed missions to Tiangong per year since 2021.