Shenzhou XXIII astronauts enter Tiangong space station By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-05-25 05:47

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202605/25/WS6a1371f4a310d6866eb4a69f.html The Shenzhou XXIII crew has entered the Tiangong space station and met with the outgoing Shenzhou XXI astronauts. The new arrivals — mission commander and spaceflight engineer Colonel Zhu Yangzhu, spacecraft pilot Colonel Zhang Zhiyuan, and science payload specialist Lai Ka-ying — were launched by a Long March 2F carrier rocket at 11:08 pm Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China.