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Beijing has conferred high state honors on astronauts Zhang Lu (张陆) and Wu Fei (武飞) for their service in China’s crewed spaceflight program. According to a report in the People’s Daily (人民日报), Zhang Lu received the “Second-Class Spaceflight Service Medal” (二级航天功勋奖章), while Wu Fei was also recognized for his contribution. The awards were tied to the record of their Shenzhou missions.
Zhang Lu served as a crew member on a Shenzhou mission that docked with the Tiangong (天宫) space station. Tiangong is China’s permanently crewed orbital outpost in low Earth orbit, made up of the Tianhe core module and the Wentian and Mengtian laboratory modules. It serves as a platform for scientific experiments and extended stays by Chinese astronauts in space.
The awarding of such orders follows China’s standard practice of honoring crewed missions after their safe return. The honors are approved by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and place the astronauts’ achievements within the official recognition of the crewed spaceflight program. An exact date of the ceremony is not directly stated in the report; the awards relate to the completed missions of the astronauts concerned.