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| The crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, June 17, 2021. Xinhua |
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| The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft sits covered on a launch pad near Chinese characters for 'China' at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, China on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. China plans to launch three astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, who will be the first crew members to live on China's new orbiting space station Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. AP |
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| Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (L) and Tang Hongbo are seen during a training on May 15, 2021. Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo will carry out the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceflight mission, and Nie will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Wednesday. The astronauts have all carried out solid ground training and mission preparation under comprehensive training programs and plans, according to Ji Qiming, assistant to the director of the CMSA. Xinhua |
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| Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng is seen during underwater training on Jan. 2, 2021. Xinhua |
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| A badge of the Shenzhou-12 Manned Space Flight Mission is seen on the uniform of a staff member of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center during a news conference before the Shenzhou-12 mission to build China's space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province, China June 16, 2021. REUTERS |
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| Astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (R) and Tang Hongbo attend a see-off ceremony for Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-12 manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, June 17, 2021. Xinhua |
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| Vehicles drive past a banner showing Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the day before the launching of Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12, in China's northwestern Gansu province, 16 June 2021. China will launch Shenzhou-12 spacecraft carrying three crew members to the orbiting Tianhe core module for a three-month mission on 17 June. It is the first spaceflight in almost five years when China sends humans into space. EPA |
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| Chinese astronauts, from left, Tang Hongbo, Liu Boming, and Nie Haisheng wave as they prepare to board for liftoff at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021. China plans on Thursday to launch three astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship who will be the first crew members to live on China's new orbiting space station Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony. AP |
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| The Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12, is seen before the launch at the launch site at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, near Jiuquan, China, 17 June 2021. China launched the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft carrying three crew members Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming to the orbiting Tianhe core module for a three-month mission on 17 June. The mission is China's first manned spaceflight in almost five years. EPA |
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| An exhaust trail is left behind after a Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021. China launched the first three crew members on a mission to its new space station Thursday in its first crewed mission in five years. AP |
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| The Long March-2F Y12 rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft and three astronauts, takes off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for China's first manned mission to build its space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China June 17, 2021. REUTERS |
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| The crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, June 17, 2021. Xinhua |
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| A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, heads to orbit after lifting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on June 17, 2021, the first crewed mission to China's new space station. AFP |
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| A Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021. China has launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its the ambitious programs first crewed mission in five years. AP |
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| A woman wearing a face mask is silhouetted as she walks by a TV screen showing CCTV live telecast of the Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, at a shopping mall in Beijing, Thursday, June 17, 2021. China launched the first three crew members on a mission to its new space station Thursday in its first crewed mission in five years. AP |
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| Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2021 shows China's Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship having successfully docked with the space station core module Tianhe. China's Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship has successfully docked with the space station core module Tianhe on Thursday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The spaceship, launched on Thursday morning, completed orbital status setting after entering the orbit and conducted a fast autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front docking port of Tianhe at 3:54 p.m. (Beijing Time), forming a three-module complex with the cargo craft Tianzhou-2. The whole process took approximately 6.5 hours. This is Tianhe's first rendezvous and docking with a Shenzhou spaceship since it was sent into orbit on April 29. Xinhua |
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| A giant screen shows Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (R), and Tang Hongbo of the Shenzhou-12 mission saluting inside the Tianhe core module of China's space station, at a shopping mall in Beijing, China June 18, 2021. REUTERS |
