{"id":790724,"date":"2024-10-30T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790724"},"modified":"2024-10-30T01:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T06:41:00","slug":"china-launches-new-crew-to-its-space-station-as-it-seeks-to-expand-exploration-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790724","title":{"rendered":"China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n A Long March rocket with a Shenzhou-19 spacecraft atop takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China in the early hours of Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. \n <\/p>\n
JIUQUAN, China \u2014 China declared a \u201ccomplete success\u201d after it launched a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space with missions to the moon and beyond.<\/p>\n
The Shenzhou-19 spaceship carrying the trio blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:27 a.m. local time atop a Long March-2F rocket, the backbone of China\u2019s crewed space missions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crew condition is good and the launch has been successful,\u201d the state broadcaster China Central Television announced.<\/p>\n
China built its own space station after being excluded from the International Space Station, mainly because of U.S. concerns over the People\u2019s Liberation Army, the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s military arm\u2019s overall control over the space program. China\u2019s moon program is part of a growing rivalry with the U.S. and others, including Japan and India.<\/p>\n