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China on Tuesday successfully launched a spacecraft carrying three astronauts to its under-construction space station where they would meet with their colleagues and conduct a work handover, amid intensifying competition with the United States.

Three astronauts lifted off to Chinas nearly completed space station on Tuesday, marking the beginning of the countrys long-term presence in space.

China sent a spacecraft carrying three astronauts to its space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth

The Shenzhou-15 mission, made up of astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, is set to last six months. China is also working on a reusable spacecraft that could be in operation within three years.

China has sent astronauts to live on its space station, the second permanent outpost in orbit.

China launched the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft on Tuesday carrying three astronauts to its space station, where they will complete the country's first-ever crew handover in orbit, state news agency Xinhua…

A Long March 2F rocket launched the three-person Shenzhou 15 mission toward the Tiangong space station today (Nov. 29) at 10:08 a.m. EST (1508 GMT).

China launched a rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the countrys permanent orbiting space station, during which they will expand the facility to its maximum capacity of six crew aboard.

The Shenzhou 15 crew will take over from three fellow space station fliers as China establishes a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit.

I expect that China will declare construction completion during or at end of the Shenzhou-15 mission, says analyst