China launches mission to finish work on its orbiting space station

China has launched a new three-person mission to complete assembly work on its permanent orbiting space station (Li Gang/Xinhua/AP)

China has launched a new three-person mission to complete assembly work on its permanent orbiting space station.

The Shenzhou 14 crew will spend six months on the Tiangong station, during which they will oversee the addition of two laboratory modules to join the main Tianhe living space that was launched in April 2021.