Beijing: China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-21 spaceship, carrying three astronauts and four mice to the country's orbiting space station, Tiangong. The spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday at 11.44 pm local time, registering another feat in China's ambitious space program.

The three-member crew, comprising pilot and mission commander Zhang Lu, engineer Wu Fei, and payload specialist Zhang Hongzhang, will stay on the space station for approximately six months, conducting extensive scientific and applied projects in biotechnology, aerospace medicine, materials science, and other areas. Wu Fei (32) is China's youngest astronaut to join a spaceflight, while Zhang Hongzhang, a researcher in new energy and materials, brings valu

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