China sent three astronauts to Tiangong space station for China's Shenzhou program. The Shenzhou 21 mission launched from the Gobi Desert on Friday.

China has launched the Shenzhou 21 crew into space as the race back to the moon intensifies between the U.S. and China. Lincoln Hines, an associate professor a Georgia Institute of Technology, joins CBS News with more.

China launches its Shenzhou-21 mission to the 'Heavenly Palace' space station :: Among the crew on the seventh mission to the station was China's youngest astronaut to be sent to space:: October 31, 2025:: Jiuquan,

China's Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China,

A new crew took off for China's space station on Friday, including the country's youngest ever astronaut and four lab mice.