Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe attend a see-off ceremony before launch of rocket.
Beijing:
China launched a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the Chinese space station, due to be completed by the end of 2022, according to state media.
A Long March-2F rocket transporting the Shenzhou-14, or “Divine Vessel” in Chinese, blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:44 a.m. local time (0244 GMT), state media reported.
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