China-Shenzhou-21/Launch
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China – Oct 31, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Shenzhou-21 manned spaceship atop Long March-2F carrier rocket on launch pad
2. People at launching site, waving national flags
3. Technician counting down
4. Various of rocket on launch pad
5. Astronauts aboard spaceship
6. Various of rocket blasting off; crowd
7. Various of rocket ascending, moon
8. Split screens showing rocket ascending, Shenzhou-21 crew aboard spaceship
9. Screen showing rocket flying
10. View from rocket during ascent
China's Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest on Friday night, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station to begin a six-month-long mission.
The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, lifted off from the launch site at 23:44 (Beijing Time).
The crew members consist of experienced mission commander Zhang Lu and fellow astronauts Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang.
After entering orbit, the Shenzhou-21 spaceship will perform a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station core module Tianhe in about 3.5 hours, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft, said a spokesman with the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday.
Shenzhou-21 is the 37th flight mission of China's manned space program and the sixth manned mission during the application and development stage of China's space station.
China-Shenzhou-21/Launch
Dateline : Oct 31, 2025
Location : China
Duration : 1'24
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China – Oct 31, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Shenzhou-21 manned spaceship atop Long March-2F carrier rocket on launch pad
2. People at launching site, waving national flags
3. Technician counting down
4. Various of rocket on launch pad
5. Astronauts aboard spaceship
6. Various of rocket blasting off; crowd
7. Various of rocket ascending, moon
8. Split screens showing rocket ascending, Shenzhou-21 crew aboard spaceship
9. Screen showing rocket flying
10. View from rocket during ascent
China's Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest on Friday night, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station to begin a six-month-long mission.
The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, lifted off from the launch site at 23:44 (Beijing Time).
The crew members consist of experienced mission commander Zhang Lu and fellow astronauts Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang.
After entering orbit, the Shenzhou-21 spaceship will perform a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station core module Tianhe in about 3.5 hours, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft, said a spokesman with the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday.
Shenzhou-21 is the 37th flight mission of China's manned space program and the sixth manned mission during the application and development stage of China's space station.
ID : 8451376
Published : 2025-11-01 00:03
Last Modified : 2025-11-01 01:25:35
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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