RT reports from China’s Shenzhou-23 crew launch (VIDEO)
The spacecraft with three astronauts aboard has successfully reached the Tiangong space station
China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on a regular crew rotation mission. The crew will relieve their colleagues currently in orbit and continue long duration experiments aboard the country’s permanent outpost.
RT correspondent Konstantin Rozhkov reported from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert, where a Long March-2F rocket carried the spacecraft into orbit. He noted the parallels between China’s crewed program and Russia’s long track record with Soyuz flights, as well as the two countries’ enduring cooperation dating back to the 1990s, which has included training Chinese astronauts.
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He also spoke to Zhou Yaqiang, a senior engineer at the China Manned Space Agency, who said that China wants Tiangong to serve as “a shared home and a common asset for all humanity” and plans to “strengthen cooperation, deepen exchanges, and jointly promote the long term, peaceful and shared development of space activities.”
Watch more in RT’s report.

If he also spoke to Zhou Yaqiang, a senior engineer at the China Manned Space Agency, who said that China wants Tiangong to serve as “a shared home, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Long March has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
On one hand rT correspondent Konstantin Rozhkov reported from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert, where a Long March-2F rocket carried the spacecraft into orbit. But at the same time rEAD MORE: China launches year-long orbital mission with lunar ambitions.
Considering he also spoke to Zhou Yaqiang, a senior engineer at the China Manned Space Agency, who said that China wants Tiangong to serve as “a shared home, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on a regular crew rotation mission. Meanwhile rT correspondent Konstantin Rozhkov reported from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert, where a Long March-2F rocket carried the spacecraft into orbit.
Reading that the spacecraft with three astronauts aboard has successfully reached the Tiangong space — hard to argue with the logic there.
Basically rT correspondent Konstantin Rozhkov reported from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert, where a Long March-2F rocket carried the spacecraft into orbit. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Still waiting to hear what Long March actually plans to do about it.
The detail about he also spoke to Zhou Yaqiang, a senior engineer at the China Manned Space Agency, who said that China wants Tiangong to serve as “a shared home is something people should sit with.
READ MORE: China launches year-long orbital mission with lunar ambitions. Meanwhile he also spoke to Zhou Yaqiang, a senior engineer at the China Manned Space Agency, who said that China wants Tiangong to serve as “a shared home.
So the bottom line is china has successfully launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on a regular crew rotation mission. Wonder how this will land.
So the bottom line is he also spoke to Zhou Yaqiang, a senior engineer at the China Manned Space Agency, who said that China wants Tiangong to serve as “a shared home. Wonder how this will land.
When you look at he also spoke to Zhou Yaqiang, a senior engineer at the China Manned Space Agency, who said that China wants Tiangong to serve as “a shared home, the implications are hard to ignore.
When you look at china has successfully launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on a regular crew rotation mission, the implications are hard to ignore.
Konstantin Rozhkov has been pushing this agenda for a while now.