China’s Shenzhou-23 mission will send astronauts to Tiangong for a record one-year stay as Beijing pushes toward a crewed moon landing by 2030.
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.
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China will send an
astronaut to its space station on Sunday for a year, a record
China launches year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing
China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing
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