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  2. Shenzhou 18 - Wikipedia

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    Shenzhou 18 (Chinese: 神舟十八号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíbā-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 18') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station , launched on 25 April 2024. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft.

  3. Shenzhou (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shénzhōu, / ˈ ʃ ɛ n ˈ dʒ oʊ /; [2] see § Etymology) is a Chinese spacecraft developed for the nation's crewed space program. Its design was based on Russia's Soyuz , but larger and modernized, Shenzhou is a single-use vehicle composed of three modules.

  4. China Manned Space Program - Wikipedia

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    Foods carried by Chinese astronauts Second generation of Feitian space suit Shenzhou was the first crewed spacecraft of China. China Manned Space Program is composed of 14 systems, with more than one thousand units from various sectors involved. [50] [1] The 14 systems (plus four more systems currently under development) and their main ...

  5. China launches 3-member crew to its space station as it ... - AOL

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    The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northwestern China atop a Long March 2-F rocket at 8:59 p.m. (1259 GMT).

  6. Tiangong space station - Wikipedia

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    It is China's first long-term space station, part of the Tiangong program and the core of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program; it has a pressurised volume of 340 m 3 (12,000 cu ft), slightly over one third the size of the International Space Station. The space station aims to provide opportunities for space-based experiments and ...

  7. China's spaceplane program - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese National Manned Space Program was given the designation of Project 921 in 1992. This broad project was divided into three phases: 921-1 to launch a crewed mission by 2002 in a craft that became the Shenzhou, the Project 921-2 temporary space station by 2010, and the 921-3 permanent space station by 2020. Care must be taken not to ...

  8. Chinese astronauts return to earth after six months in space

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    China’s Shenzhou-17 spacecraft returned to Earth Tuesday, carrying three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country’s orbiting space station. It comes roughly four ...

  9. Chinese astronauts to conduct experiments in space ... - AOL

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    The spacecraft Shenzhou-19 and its three crew lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 4:27 a.m. (2027 GMT), according to state media.