Shenzhou-19 Crew Launch Scheduled for Oct. 30, 2024 | China Space Station

Shenzhou-19 Crew Launch Scheduled for Oct. 30, 2024 | China Space Station

China's Shenzhou-19 crewed spacecraft is scheduled to be launched no earlier than at 04:27 Wednesday, October 30, 2024, (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Tuesday.

Lin Xiqiang, spokesman of the agency, announced this while briefing the media on the main tasks of the Shenzhou-19 mission.

"As evaluated and decided by the mission headquarters, the Shenzhou-19 spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 04:27 on Oct 30 Beijing Time. Crew members are astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, with Cai Xuzhe as the commander," Lin said.

"Astronaut Cai Xuzhe has participated in the Shenzhou-14 space flight mission. Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, among the third batch of Chinese astronauts, were born in the 1990s and will carry out a space flight for the first time. Song Lingdong was a former air force pilot before being selected as an astronaut and Wang Haoze previously served as a senior engineer at the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. She is currently China's only female spaceflight engineer and will become the third Chinese woman to embark on a crewed spaceflight mission," he said.

The three astronauts will take over command of China’s Tiangong space station from the Shenzhou-18 crew currently in orbit and will spend about six months in space.

Shenzhou-19 is the 33rd flight mission of China's crewed space program, and the 4th manned mission during the application and development stage of China's space station.

The Shenzhou-19 spacecraft, sitting atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, has been transferred to the launching area, with pre-launch function checks and joint tests conducted to ensure the spaceship's readiness.

Shenzhou-19 Crew:

Cai Xuzhe (commander)

Wang Haoze (mission specialist)

Song Lingdong (mission specialist)

Shenzhou-18 Crew:

Ye Guangfu (叶光富, commander)

Li Cong (李聪, mission specialist)

Li Guangsu (李广苏, mission specialist)

Video Credit: CCTV

Duration: 1 minute, 22 seconds

Release Date: Oct. 29, 2024

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