Published October 29,2024
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China is scheduled to launch its Shenzhou-19 manned spaceflight mission at 4.27 a.m. native time Wednesday (2027GMT Tuesday), the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Veteran taikonaut Cai Xuzhe, who beforehand flew on the Shenzhou-14 mission in 2022, will lead the mission as commander, mentioned Xinhua.
He can be joined by two astronauts on their inaugural flights, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, the latter a feminine astronaut and former senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the nation’s essential area contractor.
The indigenously constructed Long March-2F rocket will carry the astronauts into area.
The Shenzhou-19 crew members will take management of area operations from the Shenzhou-18 taikonauts who’re getting ready to return house after conducting six months of analysis in area.
Ye Guangfu and teammates Li Cong and Li Guangsu of the Shenzhou-18 crew are presently aboard China’s indigenously constructed Tiangong area station.
Ye is a fighter pilot and veteran astronaut who took half within the Shenzhou-13 mission in 2021 and has change into the primary Chinese taikonaut to build up a complete of 12 months in area.
Beijing launched the three-member crew to its area station on April 25.
Source: www.anews.com.tr