Tiangong Space Station

China is currently operating its Tiangong Space Station in low Earth orbit. So far the station has only been home to Chinese astronauts (taikonauts). Despite only flying taikonauts to Tiangong, China is open to flying foreign astronauts to the station and has been since the development stage of the modular

Dec 12, 2024 • 5 mins

China launched its eighth crewed mission to its Tiangong Space Station at 04:27 am China Standard Time (October 29th), or 20:47 pm Universal Coordinated Time (October 30th). This new crew will take over from the outgoing Shenzhou-18 crew, after sharing the station with them for a few days.

Oct 30, 2024 • 8 mins

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Oct 29, 2024 • 5 mins

China's twelfth crewed space mission has successfully returned to Earth at 09:46 am Universal Coordinated Time on April 30th, the capsule touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in the Inner Mongolia region. Returning from the Tiangong Space Station were, Tang Hongbo (汤洪波), Tang Shengjie (唐胜杰), and

Apr 30, 2024 • 2 mins

China has launched its seventh crewed mission to its Tiangong Space Station on the 25th of April at 20:59 pm China Standard Time, or 12:59 pm Universal Coordinated Time. The crew, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, are expected to stay aboard the station for six months.

Apr 25, 2024 • 8 mins

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Mar 29, 2024 • 5 mins

A Long March 7 lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Wednesday the 17th of January at 22:27 pm Beijing Time. The rocket was carrying the Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft to low Earth orbit where it chased down the Tiangong Space Station. The Tianzhou 7 docked to

Jan 17, 2024 • 4 mins

After spending one-hundred and fifty-four days in space aboard China's Tiangong space station, the crew of Shenzhou 16 have safely returned to Earth. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft performed a braking burn at 7:21 a.m. (Beijing time) am and the capsule touched down at 8:11 a.

Oct 31, 2023 • 2 mins

A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 03:14 UTC carrying the Shenzhou 17 spacecraft and its crew of three to the Tiangong space station in low Earth orbit. The Shenzhou 17 spacecraft docked at the forward port of the Tianhe module at 09:

Oct 26, 2023 • 2 mins

Disclaimer: This article was written on the 17th of September 2023 so some information may be outdated. This article is intended as a general explanation of the Chinese crewed spaceflight programs and the spacecraft used for them. Tiangong space station The Tiangong space station, also called the Chinese space station,

Oct 4, 2023 • 4 mins