China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship on Sunday, sending three astronauts to its orbiting Tiangong space station.⁣ ⁣ The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Shenzhou-23 crew consists of mission commander Zhu Yangzhu, along with astronauts Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying. ⁣ ⁣ The spaceship is expected to dock with Tiangong space station around 3.5 hours after lift-off.⁣ ⁣ #spaceChina #spaceexploration #space #astronauts #China