China has confirmed that it successfully launched a rocket carrying a trio of astronauts on Thursday. The launch placed the crewed spacecraft known as Shenzhou
China has confirmed that it successfully launched a rocket carrying a trio of astronauts on Thursday. The launch placed the crewed spacecraft known as Shenzhou-12 carrying three astronauts into orbit. The crew is expected to spend 90 days living aboard the Tianhe core space station module already in orbit. China’s launch on Thursday is its seventh mission to put a crew in space and the first to come during the construction of China’s space station. The launch is also the first crewed mission that China has conducted in nearly half a decade. China used its Long March-2F rocket to push the capsule carrying the astronauts into space. The launch was conducted at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Chinese Gobi desert at 9:22 AM Beijing time.
