New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- China is all set to send a manned flight to the Tiangong space station with its youngest-ever astronaut and four lab mice on Friday, October 31, to undertake a space mission.

The Shenzhou-21 mission is set to blast off at local time 11:44 PM on Friday (9:14 PM IST) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, said China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) spokesperson Zhang Jingbo.

The Tiangong space station will be crewed by teams of three astronauts who are exchanged every six months.

This crew will be led by veteran space pilot Zhang Lu, who took part in the Shenzhou-15 mission more than two years ago.

Lu will lead payload specialist Zhang Hongzhang and flight engineer Wu Fei on their first space flight...