China To Launch Crewed Mission To Build Space Station

China has announced that it will send a three-member team into space to complete the construction of its space station. The team of Chinese astronauts will embark on a six-month mission on Sunday to complete the construction of the Chinese space station in orbit.

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According to India Today, astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe will go into space on Sunday via the Shenzhou-14 spaceship and land at the Tian Gong space station. Shenzhou-14 will be launched from the Geoquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province. The team’s mission will be to build a space station at the National Space Laboratory.

Chinese officials say the astronauts will complete the construction of the station with a team on the ground, entering the lab module for the first time and making it habitable for humans. In addition, they will build dozens of cells for scientific experiments in the laboratory.