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First gathering of two Chinese astronaut crews (Shenzhou 14 and 15) on Tiangong on November 30, 2022. The first crewed mission to Tiangong, Shenzhou 12 , lasted 90 days. Starting with Shenzhou 13 , subsequent missions have had a normal duration of about 180 days.
Tiangong has become a symbol of China’s ambition and capabilities in space, after Chinese astronauts were shut out of the ISS, a US-led collaboration with Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada, for ...
First Chinese national to walk in space. Commander of the first Chinese three-person crew in space. Liu Wang: 刘旺 Shenzhou 9 (June 16–29, 2012) Member of the first Chinese crew to achieve crewed spacecraft docking. Liu Yang: 刘洋 Shenzhou 9 (June 16–29, 2012) Shenzhou 14 (June 5–December 4, 2022) First Chinese woman in space.
Shenzhou 16 (Chinese: 神舟十六号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíliù-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 16') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 30 May 2023. It carried two People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts and a payload specialist from Beihang University on board a Shenzhou spacecraft.
Two Chinese astronauts this week completed a world-record spacewalk of more than nine hours, according to a statement from China's Manned Space Agency, marking another milestone for Beijing's ...
In a press conference on Wednesday, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) introduced the three astronauts: Commander Ye Guangfu, 43, a veteran astronaut who was part of the Shenzhou-13 mission in ...
First gathering of two Chinese astronaut crews on Tiangong Space Station on 30 November 2022, some days before Expedition 3 to 4 crew handover. This is a chronological list of permanent expeditions to Tiangong space station, a Chinese space station in low Earth orbit from 2021.
Liu Boming (simplified Chinese: 刘伯明; traditional Chinese: 劉伯明; pinyin: Liú Bómíng; born 17 September 1966) is a major general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF). A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected into the PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) in 1998.