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In a groundbreaking move, China is set to embark on its most extended space quest yet, dispatching an astronaut to its newly established orbital station for an entire year.

Pakistan astronauts Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud are selected for China's space program. They will train in China. One astronaut may join a future mission to the tiangong space station. This marks a significant step for Pakistan's space exploration. It highlights growing cooperation between China and Pakistan. China's space program welcomes international participation.

Chinese scientists aboard the tiangong space station have identified a novel bacterial strain, Niallia tiangongensis, showcasing remarkable resilience to space stressors. This microbe's unique defenses against oxidative damage offer insights into astronaut health and spacecraft safety. Its potential for waste recycling on Earth highlights the far-reaching implications of space-based microbial research.

China is set to send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the tiangong space station this week. The crew, consisting of three astronauts with an average age of 38, will be led by Tang Hongbo. The mission is part of China's ambitious plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade. The tiangong space station has already achieved significant milestones, including sending robotic rovers to Mars and the Moon. China aims to establish a lunar base by 2030.

Once Tiangong is complete, China will be the only country to operate a space station of its own, adding to other accomplishments such as landing on Mars last year and on the far side of the moon in 2019.

Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong set a new world record for the longest spacewalk, spending over nine hours outside the tiangong space station. This surpassed the previous record held by US astronauts. The Shenzhou-19 crew, including Wang Haozhe, utilized robotic arms and ground control support.

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China launched the Shenzhou 20 spaceship, carrying three astronauts, to replace the current crew on the tiangong space station. This mission underscores China's growing space ambitions, including future crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. The Tiangong station, a fully Chinese-built facility, highlights China's independent advancements in space exploration after being excluded from the International Space Station.

Chinese astronauts complete record-breaking spacewalk on Tiangong station to enhance defenses against space debris.

China successfully launched three astronauts to its tiangong space station on Tuesday, including the first Chinese civilian in space. Shenzhou-16 is the first mission to Tiangong since it entered its “application and development” stage. The crew’s mission includes the study of quantum phenomena, high-precision space time-frequency systems, the verification of general relativity, and the origin of life.

China is set to launch its first civilian astronaut into space as part of a crewed mission to the tiangong space station on Tuesday. All Chinese astronauts to date have been members of the People's Liberation Army. Payload expert Gui Haichao of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is set to join Jing Haipeng, commander on his fourth mission, and engineer Zhu Yangzhu on the mission.

Astronaut Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to walk in space, authorities said Monday, as her team completed a six-hour stint outside the tiangong space station as part of its ongoing construction.

China launched its Shenzhou-21 mission, sending three astronauts, including its youngest ever, to the tiangong space station. This marks the seventh crewed flight to the station, with the astronauts set to replace the current crew and conduct experiments with the first small mammals in orbit. The mission underscores China's expanding space program and its growing competition with the United States.

China has invited scientists from Pakistan, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and the EU to watch the launch of its next month's manned space flight to send two astronauts to join a space lab which has been put into orbit, a media report said on Friday.

As part of its space lab programme, China also plans to launch the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft, which will carry two astronauts on board, in the fourth quarter of this year. By 2022, China also plans set up its own space station.

China postponed the return of three astronauts from its space station due to bad weather on Tuesday, delaying the mission until an "appropriate time", state media said. The delay would "ensure the lives, health and safety of the astronauts and the successful completion of the mission", it added, citing the China Manned Space Program (CMS).

China's Shenzhou-20 mission, led by veteran astronaut Chen Dong, is set to launch on Thursday, marking another step in their lunar ambitions. Chen, along with astronauts Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, will conduct experiments and install protective equipment on the tiangong space station. This mission also includes bringing planarians to study regeneration in space.