Astronauts of China's Shenzhou-23 mission meet press
By Xinhua Published: May 23, 2026 11:12 AM
Chinese astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan and Li Jiaying, or Lai Ka-ying in Cantonese, for the upcoming Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission, met the press on Saturday.
The Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 11:08 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference earlier on Saturday.