BEIJING (Reuters) - China will send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday in the country's 14th crewed mission to space, where dozens of scientific experiments will be conducted.

Of the 14 crewed missions, eight were visits to China's independently built space station Tiangong, or "Celestial Palace" in Chinese.

The latest Shenzhou-19 mission will be led by Cai Xuzhe, who was on the Shenzhou-14 mission in June 2022. The other two crew members, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, are young astronauts born in 1990 that will be conducting their first mission.

Wang is currently China's only female spaceflight engineer and will be the third female Chinese national to be sent to space. Before Wang Haoze, female astronauts Liu Yang and Wang Yaping each went on two earlier Shenzhou missions.

China launched its first uncrewed spacecraft, Shenzhou-1, in November 1999. Three more unmanned flights followed before Yang Liwei became the first Chinese national to be sent into space on Shenzhou-5.

Mission Year/Month of Launch Crew Gender

Shenzhou-5 2003/October Yang Liwei Male

Shenzhou-6 2005/October Fei Male

Junlong

Nie Male

Haisheng

Shenzhou-7 2008/September Zhai Male

Zhigang

Liu Boming Male

Jing Male

Haipeng

Shenzhou-9 2012/June Jing Male

Haipeng

Liu Wang Male

Liu Yang Female

Shenzhou-10 2013/June Nie Male

Haisheng

Zhang Male

Xiaoguang

Wang Female

Yaping

Shenzhou-11 2016/October Jing Male

Haipeng

Chen Dong Male

Shenzhou-12 2021/June Nie Male

Haisheng

Liu Boming Male

Tang Male

Hongbo

Shenzhou-13 2021/October Zhai Male

Zhigang

Wang Female

Yaping

Ye Guangfu Male

Shenzhou-14 2022/June Chen Dong Male

Liu Yang Female

Cai Xuzhe Male

Shenzhou-15 2022/November Fei Male

Junlong

Deng Male

Qingming

Zhang Lu Male

Shenzhou-16 2023/May Jing Male

Haipeng

Zhu Male

Yangzhu

Gui Male

Haichao

Shenzhou-17 2023/October Tang Male

Hongbo

Tang Male

Shengjie

Jiang Male

Xinlin

Shenzhou-18 2024/April Ye Guangfu Male

Li Cong Male

Li Guangsu Male

Shenzhou-19 2024/October Cai Xuzhe Male

Song Male

Lingdong

Wang Haoze Female

(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)