China launches new space station missile

Jiuquan, China. China on Thursday sent a new crew to the Tiangong Space Station as part of a new mission in its expanding space program. Under the said mission, China has planned to send a man to the Moon by the year 2030.

Senzhou-17 lifted off at 11:14 a.m. local time from the Jiuquan launch site in northwest China carrying three astronauts with the lowest average age since the station was built.

Farewell ceremony on Thursday morning: Astronauts bid farewell to observers before leaving to prepare for the rocket launch. “The spacecraft aboard the Long March-2F carrier rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Center in northwest China,” China’s official Xinhua News Agency said.

The leadership of the said group is called Taang Hongbole. He is on his first return mission to the space station. Tang Senji and Jiang Xinglin were also with him. This should be their first space mission. The average age of the all-male crew was 38 years. These are the most precious stones in the mission to the space station.

-Rasas