At 9:22 a.m. BJT on Thursday, China's Long March-2F Y12 rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft with three astronauts on board, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China.

It has been more than 20 years since China launched its first unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-1 in 1999. Learn all about the 12 Shenzhou spacecraft here in 100 seconds!

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