One astronaut will remain aboard Tiangong for a year, China’s longest space mission yet, as Beijing studies long-term human survival in orbit and races the US toward a crewed moon landing

A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time as part of a three-person crew launching on Sunday, as Beijing edges closer to its goal of landing…

China is apparently targeting Sunday (May 24) for the liftoff.

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.