Jiuquan-Saba:
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Tuesday that Chinese astronauts Cai Xuezhi, Song Lingdong and Wang Hao Zhe will carry out the spaceflight mission of the Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft, with Cai serving as the mission commander.
Agency spokesman Lin Shiqiang said during a press conference: Shenzhou-19 is scheduled to be launched at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.
Cai completed the Shenzhou-14 space mission in 2022, while Song and Wang, two of the third batch of Chinese astronauts, are newcomers to space, both born in the 1990s.
Song was a former air force pilot before being selected as an astronaut, and Wang previously worked as a senior engineer at the Academy of Space Propulsion Technology of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Wang is currently the only woman in China working as a spaceflight engineer and will become the third Chinese woman to launch a manned spaceflight mission.
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Tuesday that Chinese astronauts Cai Xuezhi, Song Lingdong and Wang Hao Zhe will carry out the spaceflight mission of the Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft, with Cai serving as the mission commander.
Agency spokesman Lin Shiqiang said during a press conference: Shenzhou-19 is scheduled to be launched at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.
Cai completed the Shenzhou-14 space mission in 2022, while Song and Wang, two of the third batch of Chinese astronauts, are newcomers to space, both born in the 1990s.
Song was a former air force pilot before being selected as an astronaut, and Wang previously worked as a senior engineer at the Academy of Space Propulsion Technology of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Wang is currently the only woman in China working as a spaceflight engineer and will become the third Chinese woman to launch a manned spaceflight mission.