NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Shenzhou 9

Launch Time
Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:37 UTC

First Chinese crewed flight to a 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 9

Shenzhou 9 (Chinese: 神舟九号) was the fourth crewed spacecraft flight of China's Shenzhou program, launched at 18:37:24 CST on 16 June 2012. Shenzhou 9 was the second spacecraft and first crewed spacecraft to dock with the Tiangong 1 space station, which took place on 18 June. The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft landed at 10:01:16 CST (02:01:16 UTC) on 29 June in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The mission's crew included the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang. The mission's launch was 49 years to the day after that of the first woman in space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,480.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2012

34th orbital launch attempt

Long March 2F

10th mission
1st mission of 2012
10th successful mission