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Shenzhou 13 (Chinese: 神舟十三号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shísān-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 13') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station , launched on 15 October 2021. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft.
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 (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 ...
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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.
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.
Shenzhou 11 was a crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China, launched on 17 October 2016 (16 October UTC) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. [1] It was China's sixth crewed space mission, at 33 days, [ 2 ] it was the longest until the follow-up Shenzhou 12 mission which lasted 3 months.