Crew on board the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft – Zhai Zhigang (C), Wang Yaping (R) and Ye Guangfu (L). [Photo provided to China Plus]
Chinese astronauts (航天员 hángtiānyuán) Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu will head to space (太空 tàikōng) aboard the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft at 12:23 a.m. on Saturday. The three astronauts will stay inside the country’s Tiangong space station for six months. It is expected to become the longest space journey by Chinese astronauts, doubling the time of their peers in the Shenzhou-12 mission.
