China’s next crewed space mission, the Shenzhou XXIII, is scheduled to be launched in the coming days to transport three astronauts to the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The Shenzhou XXIII spacecraft and its carrier — a Long March 2F rocket — were moved to the service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gobi Desert on Saturday morning, the agency said in a brief news release, adding that launch equipment at the spaceport “are in good condition”.
The release noted that the Shenzhou XXIII crew vessel and the rocket will undergo final functional checks in the next few days, adding that the launch will take place in due course in the near future.
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