China launches spaceship carrying 3 astronauts to space station

China successfully launched a spaceship Thursday morning carrying three astronauts to the country's first space station under construction, as President Xi Jinping has pledged to make the Asian nation a space power in the next 10 years.The spaceship docked with the space station, over six hours after it left Earth. The astronauts are slated to remain in orbit for three months while they work on spacewalks and other activities -- the first manned mission during the space station's construction.In April, China launched the core module for the space station. Xi has been apparently aiming to bo…READ FULL ARTICLE