China will make history and send a civilian into space for the first time Aeronautics professor and payload expert Gui Haichao will be part of the Shenzhou 16 crew that will take off next Tuesday to the Tiangong space station.
China already has 6 astronauts living and working in its own space station This new six-month mission will be the last of the construction phase of the Tiangong space station.
China will send three astronauts on a mission to build a space station, know everything The team will work on the Tiangong space station currently under construction. Shenzhou-14 will be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu.
