China’s Shenzhou-19 Mission to Launch: Three Astronauts Headed to Space Station for Key Experiments

On Wednesday, China will send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit for its 14th crewed mission to space. The astronauts will head to the Tiangong Space Station—also known as the “Celestial Palace”—to conduct dozens of science experiments.

Of China’s 14 manned space missions, eight have visited the Tiangong Space Station, which China built independently.

The Shenzhou-19 mission will be led by Cai Xuzhe, who was also part of the Shenzhou-14 mission in June 2022. He will be joined by Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, two astronauts born in the 1990s who will be on their first mission. Wang Haoze is notable as China’s only female spaceflight engineer currently active and will be the third female astronaut China has sent into space.

A Quick Look at China’s Crewed Space Missions So Far:

China first sent an astronaut to space in 2003 on the Shenzhou-5 mission. Since then, China has continued to advance its space program, sending crews on several missions and welcoming both male and female astronauts into space. Here are some of China’s major missions:

Mission	Launch Year/Month	Crew Members	Gender
Shenzhou-5	2003/October	Yang Liwei	Male
Shenzhou-6	2005/October	Fei Junlong, Nie Haisheng	Male
Shenzhou-7	2008/September	Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, Jing Haipeng	Male
Shenzhou-9	2012/June	Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang, Liu Yang	Male/Female
Shenzhou-10	2013/June	Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang, Wang Yaping	Male/Female
Shenzhou-12	2021/June	Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, Tang Hongbo	Male
Shenzhou-15	2022/November	Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, Zhang Lu	Male
Shenzhou-19	2024/October	Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, Wang Haoze	Male/Female

With the upcoming Shenzhou-19 mission, China continues its rapid progress in space exploration, adding new milestones and preparing for more ambitious missions in the future.

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