List of Tiangong Space Station expeditions
This is a chronological list of permanent expeditions to Tiangong space station, a Chinese space station in low Earth orbit from 2021. An expedition to the TSS refers to the crew that is occupying the space station and using it for research and testing. Expeditions can last up to six months and include three during the regular station and six crew members during the time of crew swap.[1] Starting with Expedition 3 (Shenzhou 14), crew rotation have overlapped so that the station remains continuously inhabited.
Expeditions are numbered starting from one and sequentially increased with each expedition. Resupply mission crews and space tourists are excluded (see List of human spaceflights to the Tiangong space station for details). TSS commanders are listed in bold. "Duration" is the period of time between the crew's launch from Earth and until their decoupling from the TSS.
Past expeditions
| Expedition | Crew | Arrival | Departure | Duration (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flight | Date | Flight | |||
| Expedition 1[2] |
Nie Haisheng Liu Boming Tang Hongbo |
17 June 2021 07:54 UTC |
Shenzhou 12 | 16 September 2021 00:56 UTC |
Shenzhou 12 | ~91 days |
| station uncrewed | ||||||
| Expedition 2[3] |
Zhai Zhigang Ye Guangfu Wang Yaping |
15 October 2021 22:56 UTC |
Shenzhou 13 | 15 April 2022 16:44 UTC |
Shenzhou 13 | ~182 days |
| station uncrewed | ||||||
| Expedition 3[4] | Chen Dong Liu Yang Cai Xuzhe |
5 June 2022 09:42 UTC |
Shenzhou 14 | 4 December 2022 03:01 UTC |
Shenzhou 14 | ~182 days |
| Fei Junlong Deng Qingming Zhang Lu |
29 November 2022 21:42 UTC |
Shenzhou 15 | Transferred to Expedition 4 | |||
| Expedition 4[5] |
Fei Junlong Deng Qingming Zhang Lu |
Transferred from Expedition 3 | 3 June 2023 13:29 UTC |
Shenzhou 15 | ~186 days | |
| Jing Haipeng Zhu Yangzhu Gui Haichao |
30 May 2023 08:29 UTC |
Shenzhou 16 | Transferred to Expedition 5 | |||
| Expedition 5 | Jing Haipeng Zhu Yangzhu Gui Haichao |
Transferred from Expedition 4 | 30 October 2023 12:37 UTC |
Shenzhou 16 | ~153 days | |
| Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin |
26 October 2023 09:46 UTC |
Shenzhou 17 | Transferred to Expedition 6 | |||
| Expedition 6[6] |
Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin |
Transferred from Expedition 5 | 30 April 2024 00:43 UTC |
Shenzhou 17 | ~187 days | |
| 25 April 2024 19:32 UTC |
Shenzhou 18 | Transferred to Expedition 7 | ||||
| Expedition 7[7] |
Ye Guangfu Li Cong Li Guangsu |
Transferred from Expedition 6 | 3 November 2024 08:12 UTC |
Shenzhou 18 | ~192 days | |
| 30 October 2024 03:00 UTC |
Shenzhou 19 | Transferred to Expedition 8 | ||||
| Expedition 8[8] |
Cai Xuzhe Song Lingdong Wang Haoze |
Transferred from Expedition 7 | 30 April 2025 05:08 UTC |
Shenzhou 19 | ~182 days | |
| Chen Dong Chen Zhongrui Wang Jie |
24 April 2025 15:49 UTC |
Shenzhou 20 | Will transfer to Expedition 9 | |||
Current expedition
| Expedition | Crew | Arrival | Departure | Duration (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flight | Date | Flight | |||
| Expedition 9[9] |
Chen Dong Chen Zhongrui Wang Jie |
Will transfer from Expedition 8 | October 2025 (planned) | Shenzhou 20 | ~180 days (planned) | |
| TBA TBA TBA |
October 2025 (planned) | Shenzhou 21 | Will transfer to Expedition 10 | |||
Future expeditions
| Expedition | Crew | Arrival | Departure | Duration (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flight | Date | Flight | |||
| Expedition 10[10] |
TBA TBA TBA |
Will transfer from Expedition 9 | 2026 (planned) | Shenzhou 21 | ~180 days (planned) | |
| TBA TBA TBA |
2026 (planned) | Shenzhou 22 | Will transfer to Expedition 11 | |||
See also
- List of Mir Expeditions
- List of International Space Station expeditions
- List of visiting expeditions to the International Space Station
- List of ESA space expeditions
References
- ^ "China's space station to host 6 astronauts by end of 2022-Xinhua".
- ^ "Tiangong: Expedition 1". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ "Tiangong: Expedition 2". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ China Spaceflight [@CNSpaceflight] (6 April 2022). "Shenzhou 14 to be launched by Long March 2F Y14 on June.05 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 May 2022 – via Twitter.
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- ^ Jones, Andrew (17 September 2021). "Shenzhou-12 astronauts return to Earth after 3-month space station mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Jones, Andrew (17 September 2021). "Shenzhou-12 astronauts return to Earth after 3-month space station mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Jones, Andrew (17 September 2021). "Shenzhou-12 astronauts return to Earth after 3-month space station mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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