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China’s space station crew to ‘maximise opportunities’ with extra month in orbit

South China Morning Post · · 140 words · By Holly Chik
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“The three astronauts stationed on China’s Tiangong space station will extend their stay by around a month”
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Multiple sources, including a web search result and a report from Starlust, confirm that the crew on the Tiangong space station will extend their stay by around a month.
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“state broadcaster CCTV said on Friday [that the astronauts will extend their stay]”
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The claim that state broadcaster CCTV reported the extension on Friday is explicitly stated in the web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 30 lines including 25 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and two light rail tram lines…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2023, including launches planned for 2023 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activitie…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tiangong space station (Chinese: 天宫空间站; pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn; lit. 'Heavenly Palace space station') is China's space station in low Earth orbit, operated since 2021. It is operated by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station
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“the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft [was used] as an emergency launch vehicle to resupply the space station”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm that Shenzhou-22 was launched uncrewed on November 25, 2025, as an emergency response/resupply mission carrying goods and repair kits to the station.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shenzhou 23 (Chinese: 神舟二十三号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshísān-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 23') is a planned Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station. It is planned to carry three taikonauts on bo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_23
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tiangong-1 (Chinese: 天宫一号; pinyin: Tiāngōng yīhào; lit. 'Heavenly Palace 1" or "Celestial Palace 1') was China's first prototype space station. It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong-1
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tiangong space station (Chinese: 天宫空间站; pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn; lit. 'Heavenly Palace space station') is China's space station in low Earth orbit, operated since 2021. It is operated by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station
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“The Shenzhou-22 astronauts were originally going to blast off this month”
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Web search results and Wikipedia confirm that Shenzhou-22 was originally scheduled for launch in the spring of 2026 (or 'this month' relative to the reporting context of the original article), but was moved up as an uncrewed emergency launch.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shenzhou 21 (Chinese: 神舟二十一号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshíyī-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 21') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 31 October 2025. It carried three taikona…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_21
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shenzhou 22 (Chinese: 神舟二十二号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshí’èr-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 22') is an ongoing Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station. The mission was launched uncrewed on 25 Nove…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_22
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shenzhou 23 (Chinese: 神舟二十三号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshísān-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 23') is a planned Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station. It is planned to carry three taikonauts on bo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_23
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“are now expected to travel to the space station in May on the Shenzhou-23 vessel”
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Web search results explicitly state that the Shenzhou-22 astronauts are now expected to travel to the space station in May on the Shenzhou-23 vessel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shenzhou 23 (Chinese: 神舟二十三号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshísān-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 23') is a planned Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station. It is planned to carry three taikonauts on bo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_23
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shénzhōu, shen-JOH; see § Etymology) is a Chinese spacecraft developed for the China Manned Space Program. Its design was based on Russia's Soyuz, but larger and modern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_(spacecraft)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shenzhou 21 (Chinese: 神舟二十一号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshíyī-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 21') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 31 October 2025. It carried three taikona…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_21
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