China Names Astronauts For Shenzhou-12 Mission

Shenzhou-12
The Shenzhou-12 crew (from left): Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming.
Credit: CMSA
A day before the planned launch of the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft to the Tianhe space station, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has named the three astronauts heading into orbit. Shenzhou-12 will blast off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan satellite launch center in the Gobi Desert...

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