China - October 30, 2024 China on Wednesday launched the Shenzhou-19 manned spaceship, sending a crew of three astronauts into space. The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off at 04:27 Wednesday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Shenzhou-19 crew, consisting of mission commander Cai Xuzhe and crew members Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, will stay in orbit for about six months. After entering orbit, the Shenzhou-19 spaceship will perform a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station core module Tianhe in about 6.5 hours, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft, said a spokesman with the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Tuesday. Shenzhou-19 is the 33rd flight mission of China's manned space program, and the fourth manned mission during the application and development stage of China's space station. Shotlist: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Oct 30, 2024: 1. Shenzhou-19 manned spaceship atop Long March-2F carrier rocket on launch pad; 2. Astronauts aboard spaceship; 3. Officer counting down; 4. Crowd, spaceship; 5. Astronauts saluting; 6. Various of rocket blasting off; crowd; 7. Split screens showing rocket ascending, Shenzhou-19 crew aboard spaceship. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]