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Woman among three Chinese astronauts to visit space station

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Gobi Desert, Oct 14 (EFE).- China will send three astronauts, including a woman, to its space station early on Saturday.The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced Thursday that the astronauts would take off in the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft that will blast off at 00.23 hours.The mission will launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northern China. (Camera: ALVARO ALFARO).B-ROLL OF THE JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER IN GOBI DESERT, INNER MONGOLIA, NEAR THE CITY OF JIUQUAN, CHINA.

Added on the 15/10/2021 03:59:46 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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