15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... first crew to experience a six month stay at the space station complex – Shenzhou-12 crew returned after 90 days – it will not be the last, as ...their stay, the team will continue the work of the Shenzhou-12 crew, and will also complete "two to three"...
21 September 2016
China's first space lab is heading for a crash landing
... after doubling its initial intended work life. During this time it has seen contact with the Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and in a statement by Wu Ping, deputy director of the manned space engineering office, the lab was...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... yet to reveal the primary and backup crews for the mission. Shenzhou-12 will be China’s first crewed mission in more than four years... supplies, equipment and propellant for the upcoming crewed Shenzhou-12 mission. Both the core module and cargo craft...
25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
... (CMSA). The spacecraft, which will be larger than China's current Shenzhou crewed spaceship, will be lofted to space on the maiden flight of... three to four times greater than that of the Shenzhou spacecraft, said the news agency. The upcoming mission...
28 December 2020
First piece of the Chinese Space Station is set to launch in 2021
...will launch the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-12 crewed spacecraft one after another. The astronauts ...that mission is complete, the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-13 crewed spacecraft will be launched and a second group of...
March 2015
Sowing a new dream
... command of “Ignition” was spoken, my crewmate Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and I started our space journey as the Shenzhou 10 crew. Teaching space class My major responsibilities were space class and day-to-day care of our crewmembers...
