The nation also invited the public to design patches for Shenzhou and Tianzhou missions to Tiangong.
The six astronauts of China's Shenzhou 14 and Shenzhou 15 missions to the Tiangong space station pose for a crew photo in orbit in November 2022.
China plans to launch a pair of crewed missions to its new space station this year, with supplies also heading to orbit on a Tianzhou cargo ship.
The robotic Tianzhou 6 freighter will also launch in May to deliver supplies and propellant to Tiangong ahead of the astronaut missions. That mission will launch from China's coastal spaceport on Hainan island on a Long March 7 rocket. China has previously launched a Tianzhou cargo craft just before each Shenzhou mission heads to Tiangong. However, Tianzhou's manufacturer, the China Academy of Space Technology, hasthe cargo capacity of its pressurized segment by about 1,100 pounds , meaning China now needs to launch just three supply missions every two years instead of four.designs for patches for the missions in a space outreach effort.
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