China launches spaceship carrying 3 astronauts to space station

China successfully launched a spaceship Sunday carrying three astronauts 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.A rocket carrying the Shenzhou-14 spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northwest province of Gansu. The three Chinese astronauts are scheduled to stay aboard its core module for six months.The three astronauts, who belong to the People's Liberation Army, are aiming to complete the construction of the space station by the end of this year, according to…READ FULL ARTICLE