{"id":19611,"date":"2022-11-29T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/29\/china-launches-3-astronauts-to-complete-space-station\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:36:14","slug":"china-launches-3-astronauts-to-complete-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/29\/china-launches-3-astronauts-to-complete-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches 3 astronauts to complete space station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BEIJING — <\/span>China launched a rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country’s permanent orbiting space station. <\/p>\n

The crew of the Shenzhou-15 will overlap for several days with the 3-member crew already onboard the Tiangong station, who will then return to Earth after their six-month mission. <\/p>\n

Their spaceship blasted off atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The six-month mission, commanded by Fei Junlong and crewed by Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, will be the last in the construction phase of China<\/a>\u2019s space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. <\/p>\n

Fei, 57, is a veteran of the 2005 four-day Shenzhou-6 mission, the second time China sent a human into space. Deng and Zhang are making their first space flights. <\/p>\n

The station\u2019s third and final module docked with the station earlier this month, one of the last steps in China\u2019s more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit.<\/p>\n

After the Shenzhou-15 spaceship makes an automated docking with the Tianhe core modules\u2019 front port, the station will be expanded to its maximum size, with three modules and three spaceships for a total mass of nearly 100 tons, Ji said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n