Shenzhou 23

The Shenzhou-23 crew spent about three days working with the Shenzhou-21 crew before taking over the station on May 28.

The Shenzhou-23 experiment plan includes studies of zebrafish embryos, mice, stem cell-derived artificial human embryos, crop seeds, biocatalytic materials, microbial samples, experimental lunar fibers, and thin flexible solar cells.

Two Shenzhou-23 taikonauts will perform at least one spacewalk to install a greenhouse gas monitoring instrument from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Zhu Yangzhu is the commander of Shenzhou-23 and is flying his second spaceflight after Shenzhou-16.

Shenzhou-23 delivered Zhu Yangzhu, Li Jiaying, and Zhang Zhiyuan to Tiangong on May 25.

The long-duration Shenzhou-23 stay will also enable a brief visit by a Pakistani astronaut toward the end of the year.

The Shenzhou-23 crew is expected to support more than 100 experiments over the next six months.

Li Jiaying is the mission specialist for Shenzhou-23 and is flying in space for the first time.

Shenzhou-23 is the seventh mission in the expansion and development phase of the Tiangong space station.

A Long March-2F Y23 rocket launched Shenzhou-23.

The Shenzhou-23 crew consists of Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Lai Ka-ying.

The China Manned Space Agency will decide later which Shenzhou-23 astronaut will stay on Tiangong for approximately one year.

Some of the scientific materials for Shenzhou-23 were launched with the spacecraft and some arrived aboard Tianzhou-10.

Shenzhou-23 docked successfully with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station.

Shenzhou-23 was associated with a Long March 2F Y23 launch from Jiuquan at 15:08 UTC on May 24.

One Shenzhou-23 astronaut will remain on Tiangong for approximately one year.

China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center with three astronauts aboard.

The Shenzhou-23 crew entered the China Space Station's Tiangong module after docking.