China Manned Space Program (CMS)

This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crossed Kármán Line

This astronaut visited the Tiangong Space Station.

Station Visitor

Chen Zhongrui was born in October 1984 in Hua County, Henan Province, China. He studied at the PLA Air Force Changchun Flight Academy and became a fighter pilot and instructor in the People’s Liberation Army. In September 2020, he was selected as one of China’s third batch of astronaut candidates under the Shenzhou program and later became deputy commander of the PLA Astronaut Corps. On April 24, 2025, Chen launched aboard Shenzhou 20 to the Tiangong space station, where he performed two spacewalks totaling around 13 hours to install debris protection devices and carry out maintenance tasks.

Shenzhou-20

Shenzhou is a Soyuz-derived spacecraft built and flown by China. Larger than its Russian counterpart, Shenzhou is made up of three parts. Like Soyuz, only the reentry module with the crew survives reentry and landing.

Shenzhou

Chen Zhongrui

China

Shenzhou 20 - EVA 4

Shenzhou 20 - EVA 1

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

Space Resident

This astronaut is in the top 5% for total spacewalking time.

Elite Spacewalker

Shenzhou 14

China launched its 3rd crewed mission to its Tiangong space station. The crew will spend six months overseeing a large expansion of Tiangong with the addition of two new science and habitation modules named Wentian and Mengtian. 

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

Shenzhou 11

Shenzhou 11 is longest and most-recent Chinese human spaceflight.  Lasting 33 days, its crew visited the Tiangong 2 space station and tested life support equipment and explored how to work for prolonged periods in space.

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