SHANGHAI -- China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts on a mission to begin constructing its maiden space station.
The Shenzhou-12 or "divine vessel" spacecraft left the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwestern Gobi Desert at about 9:22 a.m. Beijing time, state broadcaster CCTV reported. It is to rendezvous with the core capsule of the space station, which was launched in April. Read more.
SHANGHAI -- China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts on a mission to begin constructing its maiden space station.
The Shenzhou-12 or "divine vessel" spacecraft left the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwestern Gobi Desert at about 9:22 a.m. Beijing time, state broadcaster CCTV reported. It is to rendezvous with the core capsule of the space station, which was launched in April. Read more.