2024 Chinese crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station
Shenzhou 18
Liftoff of Shenzhou 18.
Mission type
Tiangong space station crew transport
Operator
China Manned Space Agency
COSPAR ID
2024-078A
SATCAT no.
59591
Mission duration
180 days (planned) 22 days, 9 hours and 7 minutes (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
Shenzhou
Manufacturer
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Crew
Crew size
3
Members
Ye Guangfu Li Cong Li Guangsu
Start of mission
Launch date
25 April 2024, 12:59 UTC (20:59 Local Time)[1]
Rocket
Long March 2F
Launch site
Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS
Contractor
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
End of mission
Landing date
October 2024 (planned)
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 nadir
Docking date
25 April 2024, 19:32 UTC
Undocking date
October 2024 (planned)
Time docked
180 days (planned) 22 days, 2 hours and 34 minutes (in progress)
Li Guangsu, Li Cong and Ye Guangfu
China Manned Space Program
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Shenzhou 19 →
Shenzhou 18 (Chinese: 神舟十八号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíbā-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 18') is a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 25 April 2024, near the end of the Shenzhou 17 mission. It carried three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission is the thirteenth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the eighteenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.[2]
Shenzhou18 (Chinese: 神舟十八号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíbā-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 18') is a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched...
in November 2024, near the end of the Shenzhou18 mission. It will carry three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission will be the 14th...
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astronaut of Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 11 and Shenzhou 16 Liu Boming – born September 1966 and PLAAF pilot, astronaut of Shenzhou 7 and Shenzhou 12 Liu...
as a crew member of Shenzhou18, becoming the second astronaut from Pei County after Zhu Yangzhu. "Astronauts of China's Shenzhou XVIII mission meet press"...
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original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021. Amos, Jonathan (18 June 2021). "China space station: Shenzhou-12 delivers first crew to Tianhe module"...
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Li Cong — Shenzhou18 Li Guangsu — Shenzhou18 Liu Boming — Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 12 Liu Wang — Shenzhou 9 Liu Yang — Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 14 (Yáng Lìwěi...
launched eighteen more missions into orbit with the latest being the Shenzhou18 spacecraft. Externally, the rocket is similar to the Long March 2E from...
AmericaSpace.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022. Clark, Stephen (18 May 2022). "Starliner astronauts eager to see results...
of the backup crew for Shenzhou 12, and flew on Shenzhou 13 to the Tiangong space station. On 26 November 2021, Ye and Shenzhou 13 commander Zhai Zhigang...
private SpaceX flights, including one on Starship". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-02-18. Davenport, Christian (February 14, 2022). "Jared Isaacman, who led the first...
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