Home Cooking Thanks to a New Oven | China Space Station

Home Cooking Thanks to a New Oven | China Space Station

The China Space Station received an oven, brought up by Shenzhou-21 crew! 

This is a "game-changer" for home-cooked cuisine. Wanna try BBQ 400 km above Earth? 

In a first for China’s Space Station, astronauts used a hot air oven to roast chicken wings and to grill steaks right in space . . . And no need to worry about lingering cooking smells—the oven comes with a built-in air purification system!

Astronauts on the Shenzhou-21 crew spacecraft were greeted by the Shenzhou-20 crew members they will be replacing, after successfully docking with China's Tiangong space station in orbit on November 1, 2025 to begin the handover of duties—only 3.5 hours after launch, setting a new record for the fastest docking achieved between a Shenzhou spacecraft and China’s space station.

Both crews will live and work together for about five days to complete planned tasks and handover work, the CMSA said.

The Shenzhou-21 astronauts will stay on board the space station for around six months.

They are set to undertake a series of key scientific experiments during their mission that will also see them witness the arrival of the Tianzhou-10 cargo craft and later welcome the Shenzhou-22 crewed spacecraft to take over duties onboard the space station.

Shenzhou-21 is the 37th flight mission of China's human spaceflight program and the sixth crewed mission during the application and development stage of the Tiangong Space Station.

Shenzhou-21 Crew
Zhang Lu (张陆) - Commander & Pilot - Second spaceflight
Wu Fei (武飞) Flight Engineer - First spaceflight
Zhang Hong Zhang (张洪章) - Payload Specialist - First spaceflight

Shenzhou-20 Crew

Chen Dong (陈冬) - Commander - Third spaceflight

Chen Zhong Rui (陈中瑞) - Operator - First spaceflight

Wang Jie (王杰) - Flight Engineer - First spaceflight

Video Credit: CCTV
Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Release Date: Nov. 3, 2025 

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