China space Agency will launch its capsule Shenzhou 14 with three Astronauts launch in June. The members of the Shenzhou 14 will spend six months on the Tiangong Space Station.

Highlights

Tiangong’s core model was launched in April 2021
Now the Wentian module will be launched in July
The Mengtian module has its launch date which is in October

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China announced the launch of China’s Astronauts as its newest space station in June. China’s latest returning of the crew, this weekend following a six-month stay in orbit, China’s officials said on Sunday.

An official from China said the crew will spend six months on the Tiangong to add two modules to the station, the director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office told in a news conference.

China’s space program launched its first astronaut into orbit in 2003, a robot rover of China landed on Moon in 2013, and last year, it landed on Mars. Agency has discussed the possibility of a crew mission to the moon.

The core module of the Tiangong was launched in April 2021. This year the agency has delivered a plan for completing construction.

Hao said the Wentian Module has a launch date in July and the Mengtian module in October.

China has welcomed the returned crew of Shenzhou 13, which landed in the Gobi desert in the northern region of inner Magnolia

China became the third country that launched its Astronauts into space on its own after the former Soviet Union and the United States. China has several space stations and Shenzhou is China’s third space station following predecessors launched in 2021 and 2016.

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