China’s First Crewed Space Trip in 5 Years Set for Thursday
China will send three astronauts into orbit on Thursday in what will be the country’s first crewed mission in five years. Astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo will head to an under-construction space station on the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, hitching a ride atop a Long March-2F rocket, state-affiliated Global Times reported. The Long March-2F…