China’s rocket carrying 3 to space station for liftoff on Tuesday
BEIJING — A rocket carrying three astronauts to finish building China's space station will take off on Tuesday amid intensifying competition with the United States, the government said Monday.The crew includes a veteran of a 2005 space mission and two first-time astronauts, according to the China Manned Space Agency.The Shenzhou-15 mission will take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi desert at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday night, the agency said. A Long March-2F carrier rocket, China's standard workhorse for manned missions, will be used to launch it into space, he said.The six-month mission, commanded by…
