📍China's Shenzhou-23 spaceship docks with Tiangong space station #China# #Shenzhou23# #SpaceStation# @AmbXieFeng @SpoxCHN_LinJian @xuejianosaka @zhang_heqing @salahzhang @consulat_de @ChenPingMFA @CGMeifangZhang

A historic “family photo” of Chinese taikonauts in orbit! 📸 The crew members of #Shenzhou21# and #Shenzhou23# pose for a real-time snapshot aboard the Chinese space station.

China conducted a whole-system rehearsal for the launch of its Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 20, with the astronaut emergency evacuation team working as the last safety barrier during pre-launching stage. #Shenzhou23# #ChinaSpaceLaunch# #ChinaSpaceStation# #Space#

The Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Saturday. The combination of the spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area. All facilities and equipment at the launch site are in good condition. Various pre-launch function checks and joint tests will be carried out as planned. #ChinaTech#

China launched three astronauts to the Tiangong space station aboard Shenzhou-23, with one expected to stay for up to a year, marking one of its longest missions

At 5:13 am on May 25, 2026, the crew of Shenzhou-23 astronauts entered the Chinese space station and met with the crew of Shenzhou-21 astronauts on orbit at the Tiangong. This was the 8th "space rendezvous" in Chinese space history.

J.D. Vance called Chinese people “peasants.” China heard him and said: Fine. We’ll send the peasants’ rice to space. Shenzhou-23 will carry rice seeds to Tiangong to test two consecutive generations of rice grown in orbit — a step toward in-situ food production for lunar bases and deep-space missions. Imagine trying to insult a civilization with “farmers,” only to watch that civilization turn farming into space infrastructure. That’s the problem with American arrogance. They still think “peasant” means backward. China knows it means the people who feed civilization. And now, maybe one day, the Moon too.

Shenzhou XV #astronauts# Major General Fei Junlong, center, Senior Colonel Deng Qingming, right, and Senior Colonel Zhang Lu meet with reporters at a news conference on Monday morning at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China.#Shenzhou15#

Shenzhou XIV astronauts Chen Dong(C）, Liu Yang（R）, and Cai Xuzhe meet with reporters at Wentiange, the astronauts' apartment compound at the ＃Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Saturday. The ＃ShenzhouXIV mission is scheduled for launch on Sunday morning.