Shenzhou-12: China to launch first human space flight since 2016 Space News
Shenzhou-12, which is the “Divine Ship,” will be the third of 11 missions needed to complete China’s space station by 2022.
A Chinese spacecraft will set off from the Gobi Desert in the coming days on a long-range rocket to carry a three-month stay to a space module orbiting three men, the first time China has sent humans into space in nearly five years.
Shenzhou-12, which means “Divine Ship,” will be the third of 11 missions required to complete China’s space station by 2022. Among them will be four missions aboard the ship, which are propelled into space by 12 Chinese astronauts – more than 11 men and women sent by China since 2003.
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BEIJING The rocket that will send the first crew members to live on China’s new orbiting space station has been moved onto the launch pad ahead of its planned blastoff next week. The three astronauts plan to spend three months on the space station, far exceeding the length of any previous Chinese mission. They…