Congratulations! The Shenzhou XIV Mission Launched Sucessfully

The Shenzhou XIV mission — China's ninth manned spaceflight — launched Sunday morning (June 5,2022) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi Desert.

A Long March 2F rocket carrying the spacecraft blasted off at 10:44 am from a service tower inside the oasis-like launch center.

The three crew members – mission commander Senior Colonel Chen Dong, Senior Colonel Liu Yang and Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe – are being sent to the Tiangong space station. They are scheduled to stay there for half a year to complete the assembly of the colossal station.

When the crew's mission finishes around the end of this year, the Tiangong station will be fully operational.

Source: chinadaily