China sends astronauts on space mission to build Tiangong Space Station

Beijing is launching a manned mission on June 17, 2021 to continue construction on China’s first space station. The Long March 2F rocket will carry the three-man crew, who will be stationed for three months at Tianhe, the core module of China’s Tiangong Space Station. The Shenzhou-12 is the third of 11 missions to construct China’s space station, which is expected to be ready by 2022.