The crew of the new Shenzhou-16 manned spaceflight mission has been unveiled by China. A veterans taikonaut Jing Haipeng, who will step down as commander of a mission set to be launched on Tuesday 9:31 am, will serve as the commander of the mission and lead two fresh faces from the third cohort of Chinese astronauts. Zhu Yangzhu will serve as a flight engineer and Gui Haichao as the mission's payload expert, the Global Times learned on Monday from China's Manned Space Agency CMSA. The first manned spaceflight mission at the China Space Station's application and development stage will include two dockings and two evacuation returns, the CMSA spokeswoman said. As the first manned spaceflight mission at the China Space Station application and development stage, the Shenzhou - 16 manned spaceflight mission will for the first time consist of three types of taikonauts, a space pilot, flight engineer and payload expert. It will be the first manned space flight mission for the two types of taikonauts. It is scheduled that China will launch the Shenzhou - 16 manned spaceflight mission from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China s Gansu Province on Tuesday morning at around 9: 31 am.