The government agency of China responsible for administering the China Manned Space Program, the country's human spaceflight program, including the Tiangong space station. It is distinct from the China National Space Administration (CNSA), which handles China's civil space activities and international space cooperation.
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Agency TypeGovernment agency (human spaceflight program) 1 Founded Year HeadquartersHaidian, Beijing, China 1 Connections
Associated With
Source Lai Ka-ying (Wikipedia)
Source Wang Yaping - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Yang Liwei
Source Zhang Hongzhang (Wikipedia)
Operates
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Additional Source Wikipedia: Tiangong space stationTiangong space station, lead section
Source Zhang Hongzhang (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: China Manned Space Agency
Wikimedia FoundationChina Manned Space Agency, lead section
China Manned Space Agency (abbreviated as CMSA) is a government agency of China responsible for the administration of China Manned Space Program, the Chinese human spaceflight program.
China Manned Space Agency, infobox (Established)
Established June 1993
China Manned Space Agency, infobox (Headquarters)
Headquarters Haidian, Beijing
Encyclopedia Astronautica
Operates: Long March 2F
Zhang Hongzhang (Wikipedia)
Operates: Zhang Hongzhang, Lead paragraph, operated-by
Zhang Hongzhang (Chinese: 张洪章; born April 1986) is a Chinese researcher, payload specialist, and taikonaut selected for the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Associated With: Zhang Hongzhang, Lead paragraph, associated-with
Zhang Hongzhang (Chinese: 张洪章; born April 1986) is a Chinese researcher, payload specialist, and taikonaut selected for the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
View the SourceWikipedia: Tiangong space station
Operates: Tiangong, Tiangong space station, lead sectionQuote, Operates: Tiangong, Tiangong space station, lead section
Operated by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA)
Wikipedia: Yang Liwei
Associated With: Yang Liwei, Article text: associated organizationQuote, Associated With: Yang Liwei, Article text: associated organization
He is currently a vice chief designer of China Manned Space Engineering.
Wang Yaping - Wikipedia
Associated With: Wang Yaping, Article text: associated organizationQuote, Associated With: Wang Yaping, Article text: associated organization
On 7 November, the China Manned Space Agency announced that a spacewalk was underway and it was being performed by astronauts Zhai Zhigang, the Shenzhou 13 mission commander, and Wang Yaping, who was now China's first female spacewalker.
Lai Ka-ying (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Lai Ka-ying, Article text: associated organizationQuote, Associated With: Lai Ka-ying, Article text: associated organization
In 2026, Lai was assigned to the Shenzhou 23 mission of the China Manned Space Program.
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