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Shenzhou 13 was the second spaceflight to the Tiangong space station (at the time consisting only of the Tianhe core module), and the first with a planned duration of six months (180 days). [3] Following Shenzhou 13, six months would become the standard orbital duration for subsequent Shenzhou missions.
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. The descent module houses the crew during launch ...
First uncrewed test of the Shenzhou spacecraft: 2 Y2 9 January 2001 17:00 2F LA-4/SLS-1, JSLC Shenzhou 2: LEO: N/A Success Second uncrewed test of the Shenzhou spacecraft, carried live animals. 3 Y3 25 March 2002 14:15 2F LA-4/SLS-1, JSLC Shenzhou 3: LEO: N/A Success Third uncrewed test of the Shenzhou spacecraft. 4 Y4 29 December 2002 16:40 2F ...
Shenzhou 3 (Chinese: 神舟三号) launched on March 25, 2002, was the third unmanned launch of China's Shenzhou spacecraft.This was the first Shenzhou spacecraft launched that could have actually carried a human and as such the main objective of the mission was to test the systems required to support a human in space.
Shenzhou 2 (Chinese: 神舟二号) launched on January 9, 2001, was the second unmanned launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft. Inside the reentry capsule were a monkey, a dog and a rabbit in a test of the spaceship's life support systems.
Long March 2, Long March 3, Long March 4, the main stages and associated liquid rocket boosters use dinitrogen tetroxide (N 2 O 4) as the oxidizing agent and UDMH as the fuel. The upper stages (third stage) of Long March 3 rockets use YF-73 and YF-75 engines, using liquid hydrogen (LH 2 ) as the fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the oxidizer.
The Shenzhou craft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 laboratory on 18 June 2012, at 06:07 UTC, marking China's first crewed spacecraft docking. [14] On 11 June 2013, China launched Shenzhou 10 with a crew of three headed for the Tiangong-1. [15] Tiangong-2 space laboratory launched on 15 September 2016.
On 12 September 2017, Tianzhou-1 performed the third and final docking and refuelling with Tiangong-2, with what is termed a fast docking which took 6.5 hours, rather than 2 days, to complete. [21] In June 2018, Tiangong-2 performed orbital maneuvers lowering the orbit to 292 × 297 kilometers, likely in preparation for deorbiting.