China to send 3 astronauts to space station on June 17

China will launch a spaceship Thursday morning to carry three astronauts to a space station it is building, the China Manned Space Agency said Wednesday, according to state-run media.It will be the first manned mission during the construction of the space station, with the three astronauts slated to remain in orbit for three months, according to the reports.The Shenzhou-12 spaceship will carry Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo to the core module, where they will live while working on the space station's construction.In late April, China launched the core module for the space station …READ FULL ARTICLE