• Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe attend a ceremony before the launch of the Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft for a crewed mission to complete China's space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, China, on Sunday. | CHINA DAILY / VIA REUTERS
    Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe attend a ceremony before the launch of the Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft for a crewed mission to complete China's space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, China, on Sunday. | CHINA DAILY / VIA REUTERS

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Beijing – China on Sunday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts on a mission to complete construction on its new space station, the latest milestone in Beijing’s drive to become a major space power.

The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China’s Gobi Desert, state broadcaster CCTV said, with the team to spend six months expanding the Tiangong space station.

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