Shenzhou 13

Zhai Zhigang

• Birthday: 10/10/1966
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: China
• First Flight: 09/25/2008
• Last Flight: 10/15/2021

Zhai Zhigang (born October 10, 1966) is a major general in the People's Liberation Army Air Force and a CNSA astronaut. Durin...

Wang Yaping

• Birthday: 01/27/1980
• Role: Operator
• Nationality: China
• First Flight: 06/11/2013
• Last Flight: 10/15/2021

Colonel Wang Yaping is a Chinese military pilot and astronaut. Wang was the second female astronaut to be named by the CNSA, ...

Ye Guangfu

• Birthday: 09/01/1980
• Role: Operator
• Nationality: China
• First Flight: 10/15/2021
• Last Flight: 04/25/2024

Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu was born in 1980 in the Sichuan province of China. He is an air force pilot and spent four years...

Mission

Shenzhou 13

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Second crewed flight to the Chinese Tiangong space station carrying Zhai Zhigang, commander, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, operators, on their second, second and first spaceflight respectively. Their mission duration onboard the TSS is 6 months, the longest so far in Chinese spaceflight.

Location

Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) has witnessed the launch of 24 rockets, including 24 orbital launch attempts. While Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, has been the site for 241 rocket launches.

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).

Rocket

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 2F/G

The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Learn more about the Long March 2F/G

Agency

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.