China has launched its tenth crew to the Tiangong space station. This was the 16th crewed spaceflight for China’s Shenzhou program overall, which has continually occupied the orbiting outpost since June 2021.
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced the names of the three taikonauts the day before launch. Shenzhou-21 will be commanded by Zhang Lu, who was previously a crew member of Shenzhou-15 almost three years ago.