First Hong Kong astronaut launches into space onboard Chinese mission
The 43-year-old police officer and mother of three serves as the team's payload scientist.
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The 43-year-old police officer and mother of three serves as the team's payload scientist.
Lai Ka-ying, a Hong Kong police superintendent and tech specialist, becomes Hong Kong's first astronaut aboard the Shenzhou-23 mission to the Tiangong space station.
China successfully launches the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, marking the first time an astronaut from Hong Kong has traveled into space.
Lai Ka-ying, a Hong Kong police officer and mother of three, embarks on her first space mission as China's first female civilian astronaut from Hong Kong.
China launches the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, including Hong Kong's first astronaut, as part of its plan to send humans to the moon by 2030.
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