Chinese state-owned China Manned Space Agency (CSMA) sent a manned mission to the moon on 29th October last year. The mission named Shenzhou 19 consisted of three astronauts. These crew members included Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze.
China has expanded their focus towards Space research for a couple of years. China has just launched Shenzhou 20 Mission on 24th of April. The next launch of Shenzhou-21 will began this year before the arrival of Shenzhou 20 back to the earth.
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Shenzhou-19 crew landed on the moon and brook the record of the longest walk on the moon. They walked for 9 hours and 6 minutes on 17th of December last year. They conducted the Extravehicular Activity in January for the second time spending a total of 17 hours on moon surface.