Organization · Čína · est. 1993
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
The national space agency of the People’s Republic of China. It oversees the Shenzhou program, the Chang’e lunar probes and the Tiangong space station.
CountryČína
Founded1993
KEY EVENTSON TIMELINE →
Oct 2003
Shenzhou 5Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut in space aboard Shenzhou 5 — making China the third country with an independent human spaceflight capability.
Jan 2019
Chang'e 4The Chang'e 4 probe made the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon in history — enabled by the Queqiao relay satellite positioned beyond the Moon.
Apr 2021
Tianhe moduleThe launch of the Tianhe core module began the construction of China's modular Tiangong station, completed in 2022 as the second permanently inhabited station in orbit alongside the ISS.