China-Shenzhou-23/Launch
China-Shenzhou-23/Launch
Dateline : May 24, 2026
Location : China
Duration : 1'43
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - May 24, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship atop Long March-2F carrier rocket on launch pad
2. People at launching site
3. Various of engineers at control center, counting down
4. Rocket on launch pad
5. Shenzhou-23 crew aboard spaceship saluting
6. Various of rocket blasting off; crowd
China/Space - May 24, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of rocket ascending
8. Separation of escape tower
9. Various of rocket ascending
10. Separation of boosters, first stage of rocket; screen showing Shenzhou-21 crew at space station
11. Split screens showing separation of first stage of rocket; Shenzhou-23 crew aboard spaceship
China's Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest on Sunday, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station.
The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, lifted off from the launch site at 23:08 Beijing Time (15:08 GMT).
The crew members consist of mission commander Zhu Yangzhu, and fellow astronauts Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying, who is also the first astronaut from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In another notable first, one of the crew members is set to undertake a year-long stay aboard the space station, double the usual duration of previous Shenzhou missions.
After entering orbit, the Shenzhou-23 spaceship will perform a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft.
Shenzhou-23 marks the 40th flight of China's manned spaceflight program and the seventh manned flight mission since the Tiangong space station entered its application and development phase in late 2022.
ID : 8481000
Published : 2026-05-24 23:25
Last Modified : 2026-05-25 01:47:39
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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