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China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on 25 May 2026 that the crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-23 had been launched successfully and inserted into orbit as planned. The agency described the launch as a complete success.
Shenzhou-23 is part of China’s ongoing crewed spaceflight programme and serves to rotate the crew aboard the Tiangong space station, which consists of the Tianhe core module and the Wentian and Mengtian laboratory modules. The mission follows the established pattern of crewed Shenzhou flights carried out on Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rockets from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC).
CMSA has so far provided only general information regarding the planned duration of the crew’s stay and the specific scientific objectives to be pursued aboard Tiangong. Further details are expected to be released in the coming days.
The mission continues China’s uninterrupted human presence in low Earth orbit (LEO), maintained through regular Shenzhou crew rotations since the completion of the Tiangong station. Source: CMSA (https://www.cmse.gov.cn/202605/t20260525_57561.html).