China successfully launches Shenzhou-19 manned spaceship(1/7)

A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:27 a.m. (Beijing Time), Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:27 a.m. (Beijing Time), Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:27 a.m. (Beijing Time), Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:27 a.m. (Beijing Time), Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:27 a.m. (Beijing Time), Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe (C), Song Lingdong (R) and Wang Haoze attend a see-off ceremony at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe (C), Song Lingdong (R) and Wang Haoze attend a see-off ceremony at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)