China launches historic Shenzhou-13 crewed mission with 3 astronauts for 6 months

China launches historic Shenzhou-13 crewed mission with 3 astronauts for 6 months

• The Chinese space agency has launched Shenzhou-13 crewed mission, the country’s first long-duration stay aboard.
• The three-person crew are expected to spend six-months in space, to set up new record for the time spent in space by Chinese astronauts.
• The members of the crew includes Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guanfu, who will spend the time in space in testing the station’s technology and conducting spacewalks.
• Wang Yaping is China’s first female astronaut on board the space station .
• The Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship launched by a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, located in Inner Mongolia.