Published on
25/05/2026 - 14:14 GMT+2
Over the weekend, China launched the Shenzhen-23 mission to its space station with three astronauts, including one who is set to stay in space for a year.
The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China’s northwestern Gobi Desert with three astronauts onboard: commander Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Lai Ka-ying.
The astronauts will be conducting dozens of experiments while in space, including an in-orbit rotation with the crew of Shenzhou-21, the mission before them that has been at the Tiangong space station for more than 200 days.
