Shenzhou-21 Crew Holds Party to Celebrate Spring Festival | China Space Station
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Despite being far from home, astronauts aboard China's Tiangong Space Station on February 16, 2026, spent the Chinese New Year's Eve with their own festive party in orbit.
The Chinese New Year begins with the Spring Festival that falls on Tuesday this year. This year ushers in a Year of the Horse, the seventh of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.
In the beautifully decorated space station adorned with red lanterns, Chinese knots, and paper-cut crafts, the Shenzhou-21 trio presented a variety of performances. They played the mouth organ, engaged in clapper talk, and sang the song "The Five-Starred Red Flag Flies in Space," expressing their joy on the Chinese New Year's Eve. They concluded their show with a heartfelt poetry recitation.
During the nine-day official Spring Festival holiday season, aside from two days of regular days off, the three astronauts will continue with their scheduled work for the remaining time. They will successively complete various in-orbit experiments, and conduct cabin environment organization, platform maintenance, and so on.
Launched on October 31, 2025, the Shenzhou-21 crew is in a six-month space journey that has already exceeded 100 days. According to China's space agency—China National Space Administration, all tasks, including scientific experiments, equipment maintenance, and health management, are progressing smoothly.
For the astronauts, physical exercise is an important part of their routine.
"Besides the popular treadmill, bicycle, and resistance training equipment, the Astronaut Center of China has also designed a core muscle training device for us, which I am currently using. I will use this device for core strength training, starting with the first exercise: the crunch. I hope everyone will put in the effort in the new year to strive for a happy life. Now I will proceed to the second exercise: the overhead press. I wish everyone in the new year to elevate their happy lives to new heights," said astronaut Wu Fei.
Shenzhou-21 Crew
Zhang Lu (张陆) - Commander & Pilot - 2nd spaceflight
Wu Fei (武飞) Flight Engineer - 1st spaceflight
Zhang Hong Zhang (张洪章) - Payload Specialist - 1st spaceflight
Video Credit: CCTV
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: Feb. 17, 2026
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