Beijing to launch 3 astronauts to its space station

Subject :Science and Technology

Context:

China will be sending a three-person crew its under-construction space station

More about the launch:

The spaceship will take three astronautse Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu to carry out the spaceflight mission.
Fei Junlong will be the commander of the mission.
The crew will stay in orbit for about six months, a period in which the construction of the low-orbit space station is expected to be completed.
This is the third manned mission to be launched by China to link up with its space station.

What is the Tiangong Space Station:

The Tiangong space station is a Chinese space station built in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 kilometers above the earth.
It is part of China Manned Space Program and is the country’s first long-term space station.
The three module of the Tiangong Space Station are
- The Tianhe means “Harmony of the Heavens” is the core module.
- Wentian means “Quest for the Heavens” is alaboratory cabin module.
- Mengtian means “Dreaming of the Heavens” is a laboratory module.
With the fully functioning of the Space station China will become only the third country in history to have put both astronauts into space and to build a space station, after Russia and the US.
It is one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station