China - October 29, 2024 The three astronauts of the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceflight mission have boarded the spaceship which is slated to launch from northwest China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to the Tiangong space station at 04:27 (Beijing Time) Wednesday. Cai Xuzhe, the mission commender, and his crew mates Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze climbed aboard the spaceship with the help of technicians. Cai is a veteran astronaut who participated in the Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceflight mission in 2022, while Song and Wang, as newcomers to space, were both born in 1990. Song was an air force pilot before being selected as an astronaut, while Wang once was a rocket designer before becoming the country's first female space engineer, and she is set to become the third Chinese woman to take part in a crewed spaceflight mission. The three astronauts will complete an in-orbit rotation with the Shenzhou-18 trio and stay at the Tiangong space station for approximately six months. During the mission, they will witness the arrival of the Tianzhou-8 cargo craft and Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship. The new crew will perform tasks like conducting 86 space science research and technology experiments, carrying out extravehicular activities, installing protective devices against space debris, and installing and recycling extravehicular payloads and equipment. They will also engage in science education, public welfare activities, and other payload tests throughout their mission. Shotlist: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Oct 30, 2024: 1. Shenzhou-19 astronauts waiting to board spaceship; 2. Split screens showing Shenzhou-19 astronauts, engineer inside orbital capsule, interior of reentry capsule; 3. Various of astronaut Wang Haoze standing up, saluting, making "heart" gesture, saluting, slipping into orbital capsule with technicians' help; 4. Various of Wang entering reentry capsule, sitting down; 5. Astronaut Song Lingdong saluting before boarding spaceship; 6. Various of Song slipping into orbital capsule with technicians' help; split screens; 7. Song entering reentry capsule, sitting down; 8. Astronaut Cai Xuzhe saluting, giving thumbs up before boarding spaceship; 9. Various of Cai slipping into orbital capsule with technicians' help; 10. Cai entering reentry capsule, sitting down; 11. Split screens showing door of capsule, technicians working, astronauts in reentry capsule; 12. Technician working inside orbital capsule; 13. Split screens showing door of capsule, technicians working, astronauts in reentry capsule; 14. Split screens showing launch tower, astronauts in reentry capsule, ground control staff working; 15. Various of launch tower unfolding; 16. Split screens showing launch tower, astronauts in reentry capsule; 17. Astronauts in reentry capsule. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]