NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Shenzhou 12

Launch Time
Thu Jun 17, 2021 01:22 UTC

First Shenzhou flight since 2016. First crewed flight to the new Chinese modular space station.

Rocket

Long March 2F/G
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 5,985 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,600 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 58.34 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.6 m
Fairing Height: 19.11 m

Mission Details

Shenzhou 12

Shenzhou 12 (Chinese: 神舟十二号)) was a Chinese spaceflight launched on 17 June 2021. The flight marked the seventh crewed Chinese spaceflight and the twelfth flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft carried three members of the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) on the first flight to the Tianhe core module, the first module of the Tiangong space station.

Shenzhou 12 successfully undocked from the Tianhe core module on 16 September 2021 and subsequently performed a radial rendezvous test with the Tianhe core module, which was completed on the same day. The reentry module returned to Earth on 17 September 2021. At 92 days, the mission set a new national human spaceflight duration record, surpassing Shenzhou 11's 33 days.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 8,100.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 901 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2021

55th orbital launch attempt

Long March 2F

15th mission
1st mission of 2021
15th successful mission