Chinese Manned Spaceflight

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Mission coming up:
A Long March 2F rocket will launch Shenzhou-17 crewed spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to dock with CSS 27 Oct 2023.

Shenzhou-17 mission patch

 

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Tianzhou-5 redocks with CSS

Current configuration:
Tianhe core+Wentian lab+Mengtian lab+Shenzhou 16+Tianzhou 5+Tianzhou 6
Total Mass: 110 t

 

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Tianzhou-5 redocks with CSS

Current configuration:
Tianhe core+Wentian lab+Mengtian lab+Shenzhou 16+Tianzhou 5+Tianzhou 6
Total Mass: 110 t
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Tianzhou-5 redocks with CSS

Current configuration:
Tianhe core+Wentian lab+Mengtian lab+Shenzhou 16+Tianzhou 5+Tianzhou 6
Total Mass: 110 t
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How to open a hatch

 

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It's a special day today. Ten year anniversary of Shenzhou-10, which docked with Tiangong-1, China's first prototype space station(2011-2018).

View from Tiangong-1(2011-2018).

 

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It's a special day today. Ten year anniversary of Shenzhou-10, which docked with Tiangong-1, China's first prototype space station(2011-2018).
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View from Tiangong-1(2011-2018).
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Ten year anniversary of Shenzhou-10.

Astronaut Wang Yaping delivered China's first space lecture in Tiangong-1(2011-2018).

 

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CSS Shenzhou-16 EVA in coming weeks

 

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Close up image of CSS robotic arm in action

 

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A quick tour of CSS

 

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Shenzhou-16 EVA trailer