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The rocket carrying the three-member crew of the Shenzhou XIX mission, China's 14th manned spaceflight, lifted off early on Wednesday morning, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert.

10月30日清晨，中国第14次载人飞行任务——搭载神舟十九号载人飞船三人乘组的运载火箭在位于中国西北部戈壁滩的酒泉卫星发射中心点火发射。

Illuminated by the dazzling flame produced by its engines, a 20-storey-tall Long March 2F carrier rocket roared to life at the scheduled ignition time of 4:27 am local time, and soared into clear dark skies.

在发动机喷射出的耀眼火焰的照耀下，20层楼高的长征二号F遥十九运载火箭于预定点火时间（当地时间凌晨4点27分）轰鸣着腾空而起，飞向夜空。

Aboard the craft was its crew, mission commander Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe, Lieutenant Colonel Song Lingdong, and Lieutenant Colonel Wang Haoze.

该航天员乘组由指令长蔡旭哲大校、宋令东中校、王浩泽中校组成。

They are expected to fly for around six-and-a-half hours until they reach the Tiangong space station, currently orbiting about 400 kilometers above Earth, and their spaceship will then connect with the front port of the Tianhe core module, the main body of Tiangong.

他们预计将飞行约6.5小时，直至抵达目前在距地球上空约400公里的轨道上运行的天宫空间站。他们的飞船将与天宫主体——天和核心舱前向端口对接。

The Shenzhou XIX team will then float into the space station to meet their Shenzhou XVIII mission peers, who have been in orbit for six months.

随后，神舟十九号飞行乘组将进入空间站，与已经在轨道上驻留6个月的神舟十八号飞行乘组会合。

The crews will spend about four days together as the previous team hands over to the newcomers. Cai and his teammates will then take over Tiangong, and the Shenzhou XVIII crew will fly back to Earth on Monday. 

两组航天员将共同生活四天左右，进行交接工作。随后，神舟十九号乘组将接管天宫，神舟十八号乘组将于11月4日返回地球。

The Shenzhou XIX team will be the eighth batch of inhabitants of the space station, which was completed in late 2022.

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