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Delivered three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station; fourth crewed mission to Tiangong. Beginning of regular crew rotation in the Tiangong space station. [ 5 ]
Tiangong (Chinese: 天宫; pinyin: Tiāngōng; lit. 'Heavenly Palace'), [5] [6] officially the Tiangong space station [7] (Chinese: 天宫空间站; pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn), is a permanently crewed space station constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency. [8]
Flight Mission Crew Crew photo Crew patch Mission Start Mission End Notes Tiangong Space Station; 12 Shenzhou 20: TBA TBA TBA Planned: April 2025: Deliver 3 astronauts to the Tiangong space station; ninth crewed mission to the Tiangong space station.
On the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China's founding, China launched the Shenzhou 1 spacecraft on 20 November 1999 and recovered it after a flight of 21 hours. The country became the third country with a successful crewed space program by sending Yang Liwei into space aboard Shenzhou 5 on 15 October 2003 for more than 21 hours.
'Divine Boat Number 20') is a planned Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, expected to launch in May 2025. [1] It will carry three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission will be the 15th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the 20th flight overall of the Shenzhou program.
Shenzhou 18 is the seventh flight to the Tiangong space station, and is expected to last approximately 6 months. It will depart following the arrival of the Shenzhou 19 crew. The crew of Shenzhou 18 was announced on April 24, 2024.