China's Shenzhou-19 crewed spacecraft landed in the north of the country on Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after a one-day delay due to weather conditions at the landing site. The spacecraft and its three crew were sent into space in October last year to work on China's "Tiangong" permanently inhabited space station.

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China's Long March 2F rocket, carrying three astronauts for the Shenzhou 20 manned space mission, lifts off for a space station, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China, Thursday, April 24, 2025. Credit: AP/Andy Wong