The main purpose of the mission is to complete the in-orbit rotation with the Shenzhou-19 crew which is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site on April 29, China Manned Space Agency officials said at a press conference broadcast on CCTV.
The spaceflight will be Chen Dong's third and the first for the other two - a space engineer and a former air force pilot.
The mission will also bring with it zebrafish, planarians and streptomyces as research objects to carry out three life science experiments at the space station.
The country's fourth batch of astronauts set to participate in Shenzhou spaceflights is currently in training, featuring for the first time astronauts from China's special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Pakistan.
China said the selection of the Pakistani astronauts is underway. Both countries signed an agreement for space cooperation in February.
One of the two Pakistani astronauts that will join the Chinese missions is set to focus on payloads and scientific research aboard China's space station. (Reporting by Liz Lee and Shanghai newsroom; Additional reporting by Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Christopher Cushing)
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