Chinese astronauts take off on historic journey to work on future space station

China has launched a spacecraft carrying three astronauts, including one woman, to the core module of a future space station, where they are due to stay for six months, the longest duration in orbit for Chinese astronauts.China are barred by US law from working with NASA

A Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft, which means "Divine Vessel" in Chinese, blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the north-western province of Gansu at 12:23am Beijing time. The astronauts Zhai Zhigang, 55, Wang Yaping, 41, and Ye Guangfu, 41, are to work and stay on Tianhe, the living quarters of the future space station, for six months.

great achievement

I wish I could I work in that space station

whoa amazing being the only country in orbit in few years time 👍

All stolen info,we were to slack with Chinese pretending to be students but 🕵️‍♀️ spying for anything for motherland, be aware where u employ them if they return, better if u avoid if u don’t want sensitive data stolen

Only 2 weeks ago China was flying them over Sydney.

Good old Fossil Fuel will get you there Zero emissions in China Hmm BS

Are you sure that's where its going ?

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