China launched a rocket from Inner Mongolia, putting three more astronauts into space to meet its existing three-person crew in-orbit and take over final construction of the Tiangong space station.
The Shenzhou-15 spacecraft departed from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert Tuesday evening local time and moved swiftly toward its destination. As the flight passed a series of checks, the astronauts flashed smiles and a thumbs-up at the in-cabin cameras, showing the effects of near zero-gravity with the flick of a pen.
