China will launch its latest set of crewmembers to Tiangong space station today , and you can watch the action live.Watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of Chinese broadcaster CCTV. Coverage is expected to begin around 5:45 a.m. EDT .A Long March 2F rocket launches China's three-astronaut Shenzhou 17 mission toward the Tiangong space station on Oct. 25, 2023.Shenzhou 18 will be the seventh crewed mission to Tiangong.
The T-shaped Tiangong consists of three elements — the Tianhe core module, which launched in April 2021, and the Wentian and Mengtian laboratory modules, which followed suit in 2022.to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat.