China Sends Astronauts to New Space Station On June 17, China successfully launched a team of three astronauts into space. The three astronauts' names are Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo. They are expected to spend three months on the Tianhe module, which is located at 380 km above Earth. In terms of time, this is China's longest crewed space mission to date and the first in nearly fiv..