Youngest crew: Shenzhou XVII crew members met with the press on Oct 25 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The astronauts, Tang Hongbo (center), 48, Tang Shengjie (right), 33, and Jiang Xinlin, 35, rode onboard the Shenzhou XVII spaceship, set to be launched on Oct 26. The Shenzhou XVII crew is scheduled to stay in the Tiangong space station for around six months. This team of astronauts has the youngest average age of those who have stayed at Tiangong.