Shenzhou

The Shenzhou program (Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shénzhōu) is a manned spaceflight initiative by China. The program put the first Chinese citizen, Yang Liwei, into orbit on 15 October 2003, on a similarly named Shenzou spacecraft.

Missions launched

Unmanned missions

Mission	Launch	Duration	Landing	Notes
Shenzhou 1	19 November 1999	0 d 21 h 11 m	20 November 1999	Unmanned test flight
Shenzhou 2	9 January 2001	7 d 10 h 22 m	16 January 2001	Carried scientific payload including monkey, dog, rabbit and other animals.
Shenzhou 3	25 March 2002	6 d 18 h 51 m	1 April 2002	Carried a test dummy.
Shenzhou 4	29 December 2002	6 d 18 h 36 m	5 January 2003	Carried a test dummy and several science experiments.
Shenzhou 8	31 October 2011	16 d 13 h 34 m	17 November 2011	Unmanned mission, rendezvoused and docked with Tiangong-1.

Manned missions

Order	Patch	Mission	Launch	Duration	Landing	Crew			Notes
1	40px	Shenzhou 5	15 October 2003	0 d 21 h 22 m 45 s	15 October 2003	Yang Liwei			First Chinese manned flight, 14 Earth orbits.
2	40px	Shenzhou 6	12 October 2005	4 d 19 h 33 m	16 October 2005	Fei Junlong		Nie Haisheng	Multiple days in space, 75 orbits.
3	40px	Shenzhou 7	25 September 2008	2 d 20 h 27 m	28 September 2008	Zhai Zhigang	Liu Boming	Jing Haipeng	First three-person crew, first Chinese spacewalk.
4	40px	Shenzhou 9	16 June 2012	12 d 15 h 24 m	29 June 2012	Jing Haipeng	Liu Wang	Liu Yang	First Chinese woman in space; first docking with Tiangong-1 space station, 18 June 2012, 06:07 UTC.

Related add-ons

Tiangong 1: http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5917

Shenzhou 9: http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5920

China's Manned Space Program v1.5 (Shenzhou spacecraft, Long March 2F, Jiuquan base): http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3179