SCIENCEBBC SCIENCE
First Hong Kong astronaut launches into space onboard Chinese mission
A 43-year-old Hong Kong police officer and mother of three became the first Hong Kong astronaut to launch into space as part of a Chinese mission, serving as the team's payload scientist.
Mentioned
Related Signal
Adjacent reporting
- Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying lifts off into space on Shenzhou-23 mission
- Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying picked for space station mission
- ‘We are very proud,’ John Lee tells first Hong Kong astronaut ahead of space flight
- Lai Ka-ying is Hong Kong’s first astronaut. Her mentor saw her talent years ago
- 5-year-old aspiring astronaut Jack says "it was fun" to watch historic Artemis launch
- China’s Shenzhou-23 astronauts blast off on space station mission