China Space Mission | China Launches Shenzhou-23 Crewed Spacecraft For Year-Long Space Mission
China launched its Shenzhou-23 mission on Sunday (May 24), which will see a Chinese astronaut spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing's ambition to send humans to the Moon by 2030. The Long March 2-F rocket blasted off in a cloud of flames and smoke on time at 11.08pm from the Jiuquan launch centre in China's northwestern Gobi Desert, video from state broadcaster CCTV showed.
