China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-21 spaceship to its orbiting space station. The mission, which took off late Friday, includes three astronauts and four mice.

China held a send-off ceremony on Friday for a new crew of astronauts set to depart for its space station, including its youngest "taikonaut" and four lab mice.

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

The launch pad for the Long March-2F rocket stands behind Chinese characters reading 'China', ahead of the Shenzhou-21 spaceflight mission to China's Tiangong space stati

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,