The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 17 spacecraft have been launched to the Tiangong space station today (Oct. 26) for a six-month-long mission.
The identities of the Shenzhou 17 mission commander Tang Hongbo, and crewmates Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, were unveiled in a press conference at the Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert yesterday by the China National Space Administration.