China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

JIUQUAN, China: China will send an astronaut to its space station on Sunday for a year, a record length for the country, enabling the study of long-duration human physiology ​in space as Beijing works toward its ambition of a crewed moon landing by 2030. The Shenzhou-23 vessel is scheduled to launch at 11:08 p.m. (1508 GMT) using the Long March-2F Y23 carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, with three Chinese astronauts on board.

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