China successfully launches a three-person crew for a 6-month mission at its new space station, a major milestone for the burgeoning space program
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China China launched a three-person crew into space in the early hours of Saturday -- a major step for the country's young space program, which is rapidly becoming one of the world's most advanced.
The three astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft just past midnight local time, launched by a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, located in Inner Mongolia.They will dock at China's new space station, Tiangong , six and a half hours after launch. They will live and work at the station for 183 days, or just about six months -- the country's longest mission yet.
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