(FILES) This file photo taken on June 9, 2021 shows a Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft for China’s first manned mission to its new space station, scheduled for June 17, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the country’s northwestern Gansu province. – The first crew for China’s new space station prepared to blast off on June 17, 2021 for the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious programme to establish itself as a space power. (Photo by STR / China News Service (CNS) / AFP) / China OUT / TO GO WITH China-space,ADVANCER by Ludovic Ehret and Poornima Weerasekara
The first crew for China’s new space station prepared to blast off this week for the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious programme to establish itself as a space power. The…
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