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Shenzhou 23 crew to Tiangong & Hong Kong’s first astronaut milestone - Space News (May 24, 2026)
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Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Consensus: AI for Research. Get a free month - https://get.consensus.app/automated_daily - Effortless AI design for presentations, websites, and more with Gamma - https://try.gamma.app/tad - SurveyMonkey, Using AI to surface insights faster and reduce manual analysis time - https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily Today's topics: Shenzhou 23 crew to Tiangong - China has named the three-person Shenzhou 23 crew and is preparing a near-term launch to the Tiangong space station. The mission underscores Tiangong’s routine operations and China’s growing cadence in human spaceflight. Hong Kong’s first astronaut milestone - Shenzhou 23 includes Lai Ka-ying, set to become the first astronaut from Hong Kong, highlighting expanding regional representation within China’s astronaut corps. Reports also point to preparations that could enable China’s first year-long stay in orbit. Coreless sub-Neptune exoplanet interiors - A new theoretical study argues that many sub-Neptunes—the most common planets found by exoplanet surveys—may lack Earth-like layered interiors. Instead, hydrogen, silicates, and iron could mix into a single fluid under extreme pressures and temperatures, reshaping expectations for planet structure and magnetic fields. Phobos solar transit seen on Mars - NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day features video from the Perseverance rover showing Mars’s moon Phobos crossing the Sun. The striking transit is both a public outreach moment and a scientific datapoint for refining Phobos’s orbit and Mars system dynamics. Blue micromoon and planet conjunction - Skywatching highlights include a late-May “blue moon” that is also a mic…