China's Shenzhou-19 astronauts opened the hatch door of the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft and began to move supplies and equipment to China's space station in orbit on the morning of November 16.

The Long March-7 Y9 rocket carrying the spacecraft blasted off at 11:13 p.m. BJT on November 15 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, south China's Hainan Province.