China is launching three astronauts to the Tiangong space station Sunday in a mission that will relieve a crew stuck in orbit a month longer than originally scheduled and potentially is China's first year-long spaceflight.

The Long March 2F rocket, hauling the Shenzhou 23 mission, is sitting at the launch pad in the Gobi Desert, while the airspace closures say liftoff is meant to be around 11:10 pm........

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