In a significant step towards its ambitious lunar goals, China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-20 mission, sending three astronauts to the Tiangong space station. The spacecraft, which launched flawlessly aboard an upgraded Long March 2F rocket, has arrived at the station where the astronauts will undertake a six-month stay. This mission marks a crew rotation at Tiangong, as the new team of taikonauts takes over from the previous crew. China continues to expand its activities in the commercial space sector and has unveiled new life science experiments for this mission, showcasing its growing capabilities in space exploration.