Summary of Shenzhou missions
| Note |
Scheduled and ongoing missions are highlighted in italics, respectively; NET = No earlier than. Throughout tables the European time format (day/month/year) is used; all times are UTC. |
Last update: 27 April 2022
| Mission | Crew | Mission duration (crew) | Landing site | Purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no. | designation | callsign | (up/down) | lift-off | landing | ||
| Shenzhou | |||||||
| Shenzhou-5 (SZ-5) |
Dragon | 1 | 15/10/2003 | 15/10/2003 | Inner Mongolia | first taikonaut ("yuhangyuan") – the Chinese equivalent to American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts – who flew in space; SZ-5 circled the Earth for 14 orbits before making the re-entry | |
| Shenzhou-6 (SZ-6) |
2 | 12/10/2005 | 16/10/2005 | Inner Mongolia | first Chinese two-man mission | ||
| Shenzhou-7 (SZ-7) |
3 | 25/09/2008 | 28/09/2008 | Inner Mongolia | first Chinese three-man mission | ||
| Shenzhou-9 (SZ-9) |
3 / 3 | 16/06/2012 | 29/06/2012 | Inner Mongolia | three-person crew with first Chinese female taikonaut; first docking to Tiangong 1 space module | ||
| Shenzhou-10 (SZ-10) |
3 / 3 | 11/06/2013 | 26/06/2013 | Inner Mongolia | three-person crew with second Chinese female taikonaut; second docking to Tiangong 1 space module | ||
| Shenzhou-11 (SZ-11) |
2 / 2 | 17/10/2016 | 18/11/2016 | Inner Mongolia | two-person crew; first docking to Tiangong 2 space station | ||
| Shenzhou-12 (SZ-12) |
3 / 3 | 17/06/2021 | 17/09/2021 | Inner Mongolia | first manned visit to new large Tiangong Space Station (TSS) during construction phase | ||
| Shenzhou-13 (SZ-13) |
3 / 3 | 15/10/2021 | 16/04/2022 | Inner Mongolia | second manned visit to large Tiangong Space Station (TSS) during construction phase | ||
| Shenzhou-14 (SZ-14) |
3 / 3 | 05/06/2022 | Dec 2022 | Inner Mongolia | third manned visit to large Tiangong Space Station (TSS) during construction phase | ||
| Shenzhou-15 (SZ-15) |
3 / 3 | Dec 2022 | May 2023 | Inner Mongolia | fourth and final manned visit to large Tiangong Space Station (TSS) during construction phase | ||