China's only woman spaceflight engineer in fresh launch crew

China’s Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched on Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s northwest, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Tuesday.Among the crew is Wang Haoze, who according to the space agency is currently China's only female spaceflight engineer. She will become the third Chinese woman to take part in a crewed mission.

The team will carry out their mission before returning to Earth in "late April or early May next year", CMSA Deputy Director said.China has ramped up plans to achieve its "space dream" under President Xi Jinping.Beijing aims to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030, where it intends to construct a base on the lunar surface.