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      China successfully sends Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship into designated orbit

      2025-04-24 17:54 Last Updated At:21:27

      China's Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship, with three astronauts on board, has entered its designated orbit after blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 17:17 (Beijing Time) Thursday.

      About 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-20 spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit. The crew members, consisting of mission commander Chen Dong and crew members Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, are in good condition while the launch has been declared a complete success.

      "According to the rocket's flight data and calculation by the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center based on monitoring data, the Long March 2F Y20 carrier rocket has accurately sent the Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship to the predetermined orbit. The spaceship's solar panels are unfolded and functioning normally. I hereby announce the Shenzhou-20 launch mission a complete success!" said Zou Lipeng, commander of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

      After entering orbit, the Shenzhou-20 spaceship will require about 6.5 hours to perform its automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe, thereby forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft.

      The Shenzhou-20 astronauts will take over command of the space station after completing an in-orbit handover with their colleagues of the Shenzhou-19 mission.

      They will stay at Tiangong for approximately six months, during which they will witness the arrivals of the Tianzhou-9 cargo craft and Shenzhou-21 manned spaceship.

      China successfully sends Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship into designated orbit

      China successfully sends Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship into designated orbit

      China successfully sends Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship into designated orbit

      China successfully sends Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship into designated orbit

      A toy shop owner in Los Angeles is worried playtime could be over for his business as the uncertainty brought by the Trump administration's tariff measures continues to disrupt supply chains and risks scaring away customers with higher prices.

      Like many small U.S. businesses operators, Louis Calderon, who has been running Big Lou's Toys and Collectibles in Los Angeles for over 30 years, has been anxiously watching news reports as he looks for the latest updates about the unpredictable tariff situation.

      Calderon said he has been carefully managing his overall purchases and doing all he can to pass down only the bare minimum of the cost increases to customers as he tries to protect his business from the uncertainty.

      "All my distributors already told me that everything is going to go up in price. So, I have to be smart [about] what I buy and what I don't buy. I try to carry everything, but with tariffs going up - I try to be the lowest price possible, but I'm going to have to raise my prices, which is a bummer," he said.

      Despite Calderon's best efforts, the reality is that price-sensitive customers are having to cut their overall spending, meaning it becomes increasingly unviable to splash the cash on non-essential items like toys.

      "You know, the wages are not that high up here. It will be a little hiccup, yeah, it'll be a little hard because prices, they're already high," said Stephen Perez, a customer.

      Though he has come through economic hardships in the past, Calderon said the current tariff turmoil has him worrying about the worst case scenario. He said the potential closure of his toy store means not only losing his source of income but will also destroy the long-standing connection he has established with loyal customers over the past three decades.

      "I think that's the one thing that I'm worried about if we ever do close because of this, which hopefully won't happen -- I'm going to miss the interaction with people and how they come in here and they see their childhood. Honestly, that's what I'm going to miss the most," said Calderon.

      For local customers who were raised up in the nearby community and have been fans of Calderon's store since their own childhoods, imagining the shop no longer being there is an unbearable thought. "This is the local one that I always came to as a kid, and that it's still open means a lot to me because you could always buy toys on Amazon and stuff like that. But finding vintage toys and stuff that you can't find on the Internet, this is one of the best places you can come to," said Perez.

      LA toy shop owner worries playtime could be over as tariff uncertainty pushes up prices

      LA toy shop owner worries playtime could be over as tariff uncertainty pushes up prices

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