China sent its Shenzhou- 16 manned spaceship at 9:31 a. m. on May 30，2023. The spaceship （携带） three astronauts. Several hours later, they entered their "space home", the Tiangong space station.
Before their arriva, China （已经） had three Shenzhou-15 astronauts on Tiangong. They were sent to the space station in （十一月）, 2022. To welcome the new members, they tidied the Tianhe Core Module. The six astronauts took a group picture to （庆祝） their meeting in space. They lived and worked together for 5 days. On June 4, 2023，the Shenzhou-15 astronauts （返回） to the earth after their own six-month trip.
The Shenzhou-16 is led by Jing Haipeng. He has become the first Chinese astronaut to go into space for a fourth time. The （其他的） two members are the space engineer Zhu Yangzhu and the payload expert Gui Haichao. （都） of them are newcomers to space. Zhu is China's first flight engineer heading to space. Gui is the country's first astronaut who wears （眼镜）. This has made ma any people feel （惊讶的）.
The three astronauts stayed on the space station for about five months. They had spacewalks, did scientific experiments and had teaching （活动） during their stay.
The Tiangong space station has entered a new time. China now wants to go a step further. It plans to finish the country's first manned landing on the Moon by 2030.
