For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – In a major advance demonstrating the growing prowess of China’s technological and scientific progress China successfully launched a trio of astronauts on the country’s first human spaceflight mission since 2016 on the Shenzhou-12 capsule, Thursday, June 17- who soon rendezvoused and docked about six and a half hours later at the Tianhe
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Chinese space officials named the crew for the country’s next human spaceflight mission now targeting launch on the Shenzhou-12 capsule on Thursday, June 17 on the first crewed mission to their new space station Tiangong – orbiting in low Earth orbit since liftoff in late April. The three man crew was revealed
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – China has rolled out the Long March 2F rocket to the launch pad as preparations move forward for the country’s next human spaceflight mission targeted for launch of a trio of astronauts to their new space station in low Earth Orbit later this month. The 191-foot-tall (58-meter) Shenzhou 12 manned spaceship