China launches spaceship carrying female astronaut to space station

China successfully launched a spaceship Saturday carrying three astronauts including a woman to the nation's first space station, as President Xi Jinping has pledged to make the Asian country a space power in the next 10 years.In April, China launched the core module for the space station, which is still under construction. Last month, three other Chinese astronauts, who had been sent to the station, returned to Earth safely after completing their three-month mission.A rocket with the Shenzhou-13 spaceship atop blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northwest provin…READ FULL ARTICLE