China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

Shenzhou-23

Shenzhou is a Soyuz-derived spacecraft built and flown by China. Larger than its Russian counterpart, Shenzhou is made up of three parts. Like Soyuz, only the reentry module with the crew survives reentry and landing.

Shenzhou

Zhang Zhiyuan

China

China Manned Space Program (CMS)

This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crossed Kármán Line 

This astronaut has visited the Tiangong Space Station.

TSS Visitor

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

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