China will send 2 crewed missions to Tiangong this year

China will send two crewed missions to its newly operational Tiangong space station this year, along with supplies on a Tianzhou cargo spacecraft. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced that it plans to launch the Shenzhou 16 crew mission to the space station in May. The following crewed mission, Shenzhou 17 will be launched five months later, in October.