Shenzhou-19

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  61683 / 24194A Launch date - time  29 October 2024 - 20:27 UTC Launch site  Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS Launch vehicle  CZ-2F (#xx) Shenzhou designation   nr Mass (kg)  8100 kg Docking date - time  30 October 2024 - ~03:00 UTC Target spacecraft/port  CSS/Tianhe forward Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee Geocentric orbit, 389 km    - Inclination  41,47°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  29 April 2025 - 20:00 UTC Time docked  181d, 17h Landing date - time  30 April 2025 - 05:09 UTC Landing location  41°12'50"N 101°04'09"E (Inner Mongolia, China) Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  182d,8h,42min Nbr orbits  2886 Landing crew  launch crew

Launched Crew

• Note: Cai, 48, is a veteran astronaut who flew previously on the Shenzhou 14 mission in 2022. Song and Wang, both 34 years old and youngest Chinese astronauts, embarked on their first spaceflight, with Wang the third female taikonaut, and first female flight engineer from China, to space.
  
• Shenzhou 19 launched on 29 October 2024, prior to the end of the previous mission, Shenzhou 18. It was the eighth flight to the Tiangong space station and lasted approximately 6 months, departing after the arrival of the Shenzhou 20 crew on 24 April 2025.

Mission Report:

• The mission launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on board a Long March 2F rocket. The Shenzhou spacecraft docked with the forward docking port on the Tianhe core module of the station, where the crew entered and taken over operations from the departing crew of Shenzhou 18, who returned to Earth on 4 November. The crew are carrying out experiments to aid China's goal of landing a crewed mission on the moon by 2030.
• The mission was scheduled to return to Earth on April 29, 2025, but was delayed by one day due to high winds at the planned landing site. The crew landed safely on the following day, April 30, at a new site on the eastern side of the Dongfeng landing area in Inner Mongolia.
• Spacewalks - New record for the longest space walk:
  On 17 December 2024, during the crew's first spacewalk since arriving at the space station, Cai Xuzhe set a new record with Song Lingdong for the longest spacewalk, of 9 hours and 6 minutes, completing tasks such as the installation of space debris protection devices, inspection, and maintenance of external equipment and facilities. Song also became the youngest Chinese astronaut, born after the 1990s, to have embarked on an EVA.
• On 20 January 2025, the crew conducted their second spacewalk, with commander Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong as the participants, lasting 8 hours and 17 minutes. They completed the installation of more space debris shield devices and checking the condition of extravehicular equipment.
• On 21 March 2025, the crew conducted their third spacewalk, with commander Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong as the participants, lasting 7 hours and 5 minutes. They completed the installation of more space debris shield devices and checking the condition of extravehicular equipment.

Shenzhou-19 back on parachutes.

Shenzhou-19 recovery.

External links:

• Wikipedia: Descriptions
• Spacefacts: Mission description

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel with MPO and "27" in cancel. Credit: #411

Launch cancel without MPO and "27" in cancel. Credit: #404

Recovery cancel helicopter, with "27" upstairs in cancel. Credit: #411