China's manned space engineering office said the Chang'e 7 mission does not meet launch conditions and cannot be conducted in this year's scheduled launch window.

A severe cyclone moved into Latvia from the south on the evening of the 22nd, bringing heavy rain and destructive winds that broke trees and branches and severely damaged the electricity distribution network, leaving more than 180,000 customers without power. The Latvian news agency called it the most destructive storm since January 2005. In parts of central Latvia, rainfall during the event reached roughly half of the typical monthly total.

中國地震臺網自動測定：08月23日18時04分在新疆喀什地區塔什庫爾幹縣附近（北緯36.96度，東經74.89度）發生4.3級左右地震，最終結果以正式速報爲準。