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|3 || [[Image:Shenzhou 7 mission patch.jpg|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.
 
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{{cite news | author=Jonathan Amos | title=Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1 | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18481806 | work=BBC | date=18 June 2012 | accessdate=21 June 2012}}</ref>
 
 
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Revision as of 17:05, 28 November 2012

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.