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The new crew includes two veterans of space travel.

Three taikonauts blasted off shortly after midnight from Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China’s Gobi desert.

Chinas Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts docked Saturday at its space station, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost.

The space agency declared the launch a success and said the crew “were in good shape”.

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the radial port of the space station core

The mission — twice as long as its 90-day predecessor — will set up equipment and test technology for future construction on the Tiangong station.

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. SHENZHOU-13 China on Saturday launched the crewed spa

The three Chinese astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-13 spaceship entered the country's space station core module Tianhe on Saturday

Beijing, October 16 Three Chinese astronauts, including a woman, on board the Shenzhou-13, have entered the space station core module Tianhe on Saturday, the country's space agency said, hours after

BEIJING--Three astronauts entered China’s space station for a six-month mission, setting to work Saturday after successfully docking aboard their Shenzhou-13 spacecraft.