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Shenzhou
Shenzhou progressed through uncrewed qualification, solo and multi-person orbital missions, laboratories, and regular long-duration crew rotations to Tiangong.
- Missions
- 23
- People
- 30
- Vehicles
- 1
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Shenzhou timeline
23 flights. One complete program record.
Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.
Defining milestones
The turning points that shaped this program and its legacy.
1999 · First orbital testShenzhou 1The first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft completed a development flight.Explore milestone →- 2003 · First Chinese human spaceflightShenzhou 5Yang Liwei completed 14 Earth orbits.4-year leapExplore milestone →
- 2008 · First Chinese EVAShenzhou 7Zhai Zhigang conducted China's first spacewalk.5-year leapExplore milestone →
- 2021 · Tiangong's first crewShenzhou 12Three astronauts began resident operations aboard the permanent station.13-year leapExplore milestone →
- 2026 · Year-long mission beginsShenzhou 23The active crew began China's first planned one-year stay experiment.5-year leapExplore milestone →
Every Shenzhou program record
All 23 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.
Launch corridor
23 flights and tests compressed into 2 expandable arcs.
- Arc 01Ignition1999–2024 · 19 records
- Arc 02Final approach2025–2026 · 4 records
Flight arc 01IgnitionShenzhou 1 → Shenzhou 191999–2024 · 19 records1999–2024
19 records
November 19-20, 1999Shenzhou 1001
January 9-16, 2001Shenzhou 2002
March 25-April 1, 2002Shenzhou 3003
December 29, 2002-January 5, 2003Shenzhou 4004
October 15-October 16, 2003Shenzhou 5005
October 12-October 17, 2005Shenzhou 6006
September 25-28, 2008Shenzhou 7007
November 1-17, 2011Shenzhou 8008
June 16-29, 2012Shenzhou 9009
June 11-26, 2013Shenzhou 10010
October 16-November 18, 2016Shenzhou 11011
June 17-September 17, 2021Shenzhou 12012
October 15, 2021-April 16, 2022Shenzhou 13013
June 5-December 4, 2022Shenzhou 14014
November 29, 2022-June 4, 2023Shenzhou 15015
May 30-October 31, 2023Shenzhou 16016
October 26, 2023-April 30, 2024Shenzhou 17017
April 25-November 3, 2024Shenzhou 18018
October 29, 2024-April 30, 2025Shenzhou 19019
