(From right) Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping, the first Chinese from the 1980s generation to orbit Earth, are spending 15 days in space - two days more than last year's manned mission. Photo by Zou hong / China Daily
China launched its second space laboratory, the Tiangong II, on Thursday night, which space officials said will become the country’s largest scientific platform in space.