China to launch three astronauts for its space station

Beijing: China will be sending a three-person crew to its under-construction space station on Tuesday, and also announced plans for a manned mission to the Moon amid intensifying competition with the US.

The Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship will be launched from the



Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced.

The spaceship will take three astronauts -- Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu -- to carry out the spaceflight mission.