Countdown nears for China space station astronauts’ six-month mission

Source: China – South China Morning PostChina’s Shenzhou 13 spacecraft is expected to blast-off within hours, taking its three-person crew – including the country’s second woman astronaut – to spend the next six months assembling the Tiangong space station.Lift-off is set for shortly after midnight from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in northern China with the craft due to arrive at the station’s Tianhe core module six and a half hours later.On board are Wang Yaping, 41, who will be the first woman to set foot…Read More

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