Chinese astronauts

Chinese astronauts

Astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Lai Ka-ying, who is the first astronaut from Hong Kong, gesture as they attend a press conference before the Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission to China's Tiangong space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, May 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

The Shenzhou-23 vessel is scheduled ‌to launch at 11:08 pm (1508 GMT) using the Long March-2F Y23 carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, with three Chinese...

Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin attend a see-off ceremony before the launch of the Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft for a crewed mission to China's Tiangong space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 26, 2023. China Daily via REUTERS

China's youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station

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China astronauts return from Tiangong space station

FILE PHOTO: Rocket launch at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu at the return capsule after Chinese astronauts returned to Earth following the Shenzhou-13 manned space mission to complete construction of the space station, at a shopping mall in Beijing, China April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Chinese astronauts land on Earth after China's longest crewed space mission

Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space

Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space