This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crossed Kármán line

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

Space Resident

This astronaut has visited the Tiangong Space Station.

TSS Visitor

Zhang Lu is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in August 1999, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1999.

Shenzhou 15

China launched its 4th crewed mission to its Tiangong space station. The crew will spend six months overseeing a large expansion of Tiangong with the addition of two new science and habitation modules named Wentian and Mengtian. 

Shenzhou is a Soyuz-derived spacecraft built and flown by China. Larger than its Russian counterpart, Shenzhou is made up of three parts. Like Soyuz, only the reentry module with the crew survives reentry and landing.

Shenzhou

Zhang Lu 

China

Shenzhou 15 - EVA 5

Shenzhou 15 - EVA 3

Shenzhou 15 - EVA 4

Shenzhou 15 - EVA 2

Crossed Kármán Line

Shenzhou 6

Shenzhou 6 was the first multi-day and multi-person human spaceflight by China. The two-person crew performed a full checkout of the Shenzhou Orbital and Descent Modules, performed science experiments, and were the first Chinese taikonauts to change out of their pressure suits after launch.

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