China Manned Space Program (CMS)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

Shenzhou-18

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

Zebra Fish

China

Goldfish Algae

This astronaut visited the Tiangong Space Station.

Station Visitor

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

Crossed Kármán Line

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

Space Resident

Li Cong

Shenzhou 18 - EVA 2

Li Guangsu

Shenzhou 18 - EVA 1

Ye Guangfu is an air force pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was recruited as a taikonaut trainee for China’s human space program in 2010 and qualified as a taikonaut in 2014. He has been a part of the European Space Agency's cave exploration program. This will be his first flight to space.

Shenzhou 13

The second crewed flight to the Chinese Tiangong space station. Commander Zhai Zhigang made his second flight to space while Operators officers Wang Yaping and Ye Guagfu made their second and first, respectively.

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