Watch Chinese Astronauts Clean Tiangong Space Station

Watch Chinese Astronauts Clean Tiangong Space Station

The three Chinese astronauts aboard the country's space station, named Tiangong ("Heavenly Palace"), recently completed cleaning chores in-between shifts to make their space home clean and tidy.

A video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, showed the Shenzhou-16 crew, comprised of Jing Haipeng (commander), Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao. The crew spent time sorting parcels scattered across the Tianhe core module and tidying the lab modules Wentian and Mengtian to make items neat and orderly, before a deep cleaning was conducted to collect garbage and remove dust.

China launched the Shenzhou-16 crewed spacecraft on May 30, 2023, sending the three astronauts, including the first Chinese civilian astronaut, Gui Haichao, to the Tiangong space station for a five-month mission. This is the first crewed mission since China's space station entered its application and development stage.

Credit: CCTV Video News Agency

Duration: 1 minute, 33 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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