Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Three Chinese astronauts including the country’s only woman spaceflight engineer entered the Tiangong space station on Wednesday following an early morning launch into orbit. The Shenzhou-19 mission took off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Xinhua and state broadcaster CCTV reported. … The new Tiangong team will carry out experiments with an eye to the space programme’s goal of placing astronauts on the Moon by 2030 and eventually constructing a lunar base.” (10/30/24)