When China talks about placing science and innovation at the center of economic development, they know whereof they speak.
Shenzhou-19 has brought three new taikonauts to China’s Tiangong space station for a six-month rotation. Space.com posted a video of the launch. Global Times writes that it is “the youngest-ever crew,” led by mission commander Cai Xuzhe (returning to Tiangong only 22 months ago after he left his previous mission there), and new taikonaut Song Lingdong and China’s first female spaceflight engineer Wang Haoze, both of whom were born in 1990.
