The Shenzhou-21 crew has been in orbit for six months.
The Shenzhou-21 crew completed its third spacewalk before resuming in-orbit activities.
Tiangong Space Station has about one month of remaining onboard supplies for the Shenzhou-21 crew.
The Shenzhou-21 crew consists of Zhang Lu, Wu Fei, and Zhang Hongzhang.
The Shenzhou-21 crew is collecting human kinematic data in microgravity to analyze posture characteristics and intra-cabin movement patterns.
At present, the Shenzhou-21 crew has the uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft.
The Shenzhou-20 crew returned home on the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft after the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was struck by space debris.
Shenzhou-21 crew completed a 5.5-hour EVA at 17:36 UTC on April 16, 2026.
Shenzhou-21 crew completed a 5.5-hour EVA at 17:36 UTC on April 16, 2026.
The Shenzhou-21 extravehicular activity lasted 5.5 hours.
Wu Fei and Zhang Lu installed space debris protection devices on the Mengtian module during the Shenzhou-21 crew’s third spacewalk.
The Shenzhou-21 crew has the uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft after a space debris strike to the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft.
The Shenzhou-21 crew performed their third spacewalk outside the Tiangong Space Station.
Wu Fei completed his third extravehicular activity during the Shenzhou-21 crew’s third spacewalk.
The Shenzhou-20 crew returned to Earth in the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft after the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was struck by space debris.
Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei completed the mission's third extravehicular activity at 1736 UTC on April 16, 2026.
The Tianhe, Wentian, and Mengtian modules were inspected for damage and anomalies during the Shenzhou-21 crew’s third spacewalk.
The Shenzhou-21 crew was healthy aboard Tiangong with visiting vehicles Shenzhou-22 and Tianzhou-9.
Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei completed the mission's third extravehicular activity at 1736 UTC on April 16, 2026.
The China Manned Space Agency planned to extend the Shenzhou-21 crew’s on-orbit stay by approximately one month.