A member of the media is seen in front of the Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spaceship, encased in blue scaffolding on the launch pad a day before the launch of the Shenzhou-21 mission, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Héctor Retamal/AFP Photo)
