LAUNCH OF SHENZHOU-15 CREW TO TIANGONG-3, Nov 29, 2022, 10:08 am ET

Update, November 27, 9:00 pm ET:  China has finally officially announced the launch is on Tuesday at 11:08 pm Beijing Time, which is 10:08 am EST. China usually provides live coverage of human spaceflight launches on CGTN.

The three crew members are Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu.

Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu will carry out the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission, and Fei will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Monday pic.twitter.com/yOh0D3xEep

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) November 28, 2022

Original Entry: China is expected to launch its next crew, Shenzhou-15, to the Tiangong-3 space station on November 29, 2022. The Shenzhou-14 crew is still aboard. This will be the first time one Chinese crew hands over operations to another.

China has not officially announced the launch date or time, but on November 22 did tweet a photo of the rocket and spacecraft moving to the launch pad.

China prepares to launch the Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship. The combination of the Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket was transferred to the launching area on Monday. #GLOBALink pic.twitter.com/io22J1AFgX

— China Xinhua Sci-Tech (@XHscitech) November 22, 2022

Andrew Jones, a journalist who closely tracks the Chinese space program, reports that based on airspace closure notices, the launch likely will be at about 15:10 UTC (10:10 am EST) on November 29.

Shenzhou-15 to launch from Jiuquan at ~15:10 UTC on Nov. 29 according to airspace closure notices. https://t.co/x7jjgeki5k

— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) November 24, 2022