China preparing for first crew to go to country's new space station
China is preparing to send its first crew to the country's new space station in a flight set to tentatively happen next Wednesday.
The Long March-2F Y12 rocket will carry the Shenzhou-12 spaceship and three astronauts to the Tianhe space station the Chinese government put into orbit at the end of April, The Associated Press reported.
The China Manned Space Engineering Office said in a statement Wednesday the rocket and spaceship were moved to a launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, according to the AP.
The three astronauts will be at the station for three months as they complete maintenance work, spacewalks and science experiments.
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