Three Chinese taikonauts want to set a record for the Chinese space program: for six months Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and Wang Yaping want to live in the core module „Tianhe“. The „Shenzhou 13“ spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Jiuquan spaceport at the edge of the Gobi Desert at 00:23 local time Saturday night (6:23 PM Friday) on a „Long March 2F“ rocket, Xinhua reported. Wang Yaping, a female taikonaut, is also on board for the first time since 2013. The three-member crew will test the systems of the core module, work outside the spacecraft and conduct scientific experiments during their long-term flight.