2023 Chinese crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station
Shenzhou 17
Shenzhou 17 atop a Long March 2F prior to launch
Mission type
Tiangong space station crew transport
Operator
China Manned Space Agency
COSPAR ID
2023-164A
SATCAT no.
58146
Mission duration
187 days, 6 hours and 32 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
Shenzhou
Manufacturer
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Crew
Crew size
3
Members
Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin[1]
EVAs
2
EVA duration
15 hours 17 minutes
Start of mission
Launch date
26 October 2023, 03:14:02 UTC[2]
Rocket
Long March 2F
Launch site
Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS
Contractor
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
End of mission
Landing date
30 April 2024, 09:46 UTC
Landing site
Inner Mongolia, China
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit
Regime
Low Earth orbit
Inclination
41.5°
Docking with Tiangong space station
Docking port
Tianhe forward
Docking date
26 October 2023, 09:46 UTC[3]
Undocking date
30 April 2024, 00:43 UTC[4]
Time docked
186 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes
Jiang Xinlin, Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie
China Manned Space Program
← Shenzhou 16
Shenzhou 18 →
Shenzhou 17 (Chinese: 神舟十七号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíqī-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 17') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 26 October 2023. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission was the twelfth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the seventeenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.
As of October 2023, Shenzhou 17's crew is the youngest ever sent to the Tiangong space station, with an average age of only 38 years old.[5]
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