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Tiangong (Chinese: 天宫; pinyin: Tiāngōng; lit. 'Sky 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]
The previous separate components will be integrated into a space station, arranged as: [5] Tianhe Core Cabin Module (CCM) – based on the Tiangong-3 "space station" and analogous to the Mir Core Module. The 18.1-meter-long core module, with a maximum diameter of 4.2 meters and a launch weight of 22 tons, [28] was launched first on 29 April ...
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.
A new crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong space station following an early morning launch into orbit.
Shenzhou 19 launched on 29 October 2024, prior to the end of the previous mission, Shenzhou 18. It is the 8th flight to the Tiangong space station, and is expected to last approximately 6 months. It will depart following the arrival of the Shenzhou 20 crew in 2025.
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.
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.
Delivered three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station; second crewed mission to Tiangong. 3 Shenzhou 14: Chen Dong Liu Yang Cai Xuzhe. 5 June 2022 [3] 4 December 2022