China is preparing to send three astronauts, including its first ever female crew member, into space this weekend. Their mission is to join up with Beijing's laboratory module, a prototype space station which has been in orbit since last September. It'll mark the nation's first attempt at a docking mission. For more on this, RT talks to Tariq Malik, Managing Editor of Space dot com.<br /><br />Watch RT LIVE on our website http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/b/102728491539958529040<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. the first channel to break 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
