Space-Shenzhou-23/Crew Gathering
Space-Shenzhou-23/Crew Gathering
Dateline : May 25, 2026
Location : In Space
Duration : 0'39
In Space - May 25, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Shenzhou-21 crew members opening hatch
2. Various of Shenzhou-21 crew greeting Shenzhou-23 crew, hugging Shenzhou-23 mission commander Zhu Yangzhu
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Shenzhou-21, Shenzhou-23 astronauts (starting with shot 2):
"Build a dream at the Tiangong Space Station and continue to work hard. China's space station is always worth looking forward to!"
The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-23 spaceship have entered the country's Tiangong space station and met with their astronaut colleagues early Monday morning, as they now begin an in-orbit crew handover.
Mission commander Zhu Yangzhu and fellow astronauts Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying successfully entered the station's core module Tianhe after the spaceship made a fast automated rendezvous and docked with the Tianhe module at 02:45 (Beijing Time) on Monday.
The three Shenzhou-21 crew members opened the hatch at 05:13 (Beijing Time) and greeted the new arrivals, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The six astronauts then took group pictures for the eighth in-orbit get-together in China's aerospace history.
Notably, one of the Shenzhou-23 crew members is set to undertake a year-long stay aboard the space station, double the usual duration of previous Shenzhou missions.
The Shenzhou-23 spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 23:08 (Beijing Time) on Sunday.
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 : 8481012
Published : 2026-05-25 06:25
Last Modified : 2026-05-25 21:05:05
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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