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Summary of Shenzhou missions

Note Scheduled and ongoing missions are highlighted in italics, respectively; NET = No earlier than.
Throughout tables the European time format (day/month/year) is used; all times are UTC.

Last update: 01 November 2023

Mission Crew Mission duration (crew) Landing site Purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events
no. designation callsign (up/down) lift-off landing    
 
Shenzhou  
Shenzhou 5
(SZ-5)
Dragon 1 15/10/2003 15/10/2003 Inner Mongolia first taikonaut ("yuhangyuan") – the Chinese equivalent to American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts – who flew in space; SZ-5 circled the Earth for 14 orbits before making the re-entry
Shenzhou 6
(SZ-6)
  2 12/10/2005 16/10/2005 Inner Mongolia first Chinese two-man mission
Shenzhou 7
(SZ-7)
  3 25/09/2008 28/09/2008 Inner Mongolia first Chinese three-man mission
Shenzhou 9
(SZ-9)
  3 / 3 16/06/2012 29/06/2012 Inner Mongolia three-person crew with first Chinese female taikonaut; first docking to Tiangong 1 space module
Shenzhou 10
(SZ-10)
  3 / 3 11/06/2013 26/06/2013 Inner Mongolia three-person crew with second Chinese female taikonaut; second docking to Tiangong 1 space module
Shenzhou 11
(SZ-11)
  2 / 2 17/10/2016 18/11/2016 Inner Mongolia two-person crew; first docking to Tiangong 2 space station
Shenzhou 12
(SZ-12)
  3 / 3 17/06/2021 17/09/2021 Inner Mongolia first manned visit to new large Tiangong Space Station (TSS) during construction phase
Shenzhou 13
(SZ-13)
  3 / 3 15/10/2021 16/04/2022 Inner Mongolia second manned visit to large Tiangong Space Station (TSS) during construction phase
Shenzhou 14
(SZ-14)
  3 / 3 05/06/2022 04/12/2022 Inner Mongolia third manned visit to large Tiangong Space Station (TSS) during construction phase
Shenzhou 15
(SZ-15)
  3 / 3 29/11/2022 03/06/2023 Inner Mongolia fourth manned visit to large TSS to wrap up construction phase, and start permanent operation
Shenzhou 16
(SZ-16)
  3 / 3 30/05/2023 Nov 2023 Inner Mongolia fifth manned visit to large TSS
Shenzhou 17
(SZ-17)
  3 / 3 26/10/2023 May 2024 Inner Mongolia sixth manned visit to large TSS