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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.
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.
The crew met with the astronauts from the previous Shenzhou-18 mission, "starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover," Xinhua said. The new Tiangong team will carry out experiments with an eye ...
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 ...
China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft lifted off ...
China on Tuesday sent three astronauts into space to take over final construction of the Tiangong space station. Its completion represents a comeback for China after its astronauts were ...
Delivered three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station; fourth crewed mission to Tiangong. ... mission to Tiangong. 7 Shenzhou 18: Ye Guangfu ... 2024 Delivered 3 ...
Starting with Expedition 3 (Shenzhou 14), crew rotation will overlap, hence the station will be continuously inhabited. Expeditions are numbered starting from one and sequentially increased with each expedition. Resupply mission crews and space tourists are excluded (see List of human spaceflights to the Tiangong space station for details