JIUQUAN: China held a send-off ceremony on Friday (Oct 31) for a new crew of astronauts set to depart for its space station , including its youngest "taikonaut" and four lab mice. The Tiangong space station - crewed by teams of three astronauts that are exchanged every six months - is the crown jewel of China's space programme, into which billions of dollars have been poured in a bid to catch up with the United States and Russia. China has bold plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by the