By Jessie Yeung and Steven Jiang, CNN 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.
BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost
China is preparing to send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months — a new milestone for a program that has advanced rapidly in recent years.
China has launched a three-person crew aboard the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft for a six-month mission aimed at expanding construction of China's Taingong space station. It is China's longest crewed space mission to date.
China on Saturday launched a three-person crew for a six-month mission aboard its space station that is planned at setting a new record for the length of time spent in space by Chinese astronauts as…
China has launched a three-person crew aboard the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft for a six-month mission aimed at expanding construction of China's Taingong space station. It is China's longest crewed space mission to date.
The three astronauts began their six-month mission on China's first permanent space station. The crew includes Wang Yaping, who is expected to become China's first female spacewalker.
The spacecraft reached the under-construction Tiangong space station hours after blasting off from Earth. Three astronauts will live there for around six months in China's longest space mission to date.
BEIJING (AP) — China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts docked Saturday at its space station, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new