Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC

Jing Haipeng

• Birthday: 10/24/1966
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: China
• First Flight: 09/25/2008
• Last Flight: 05/30/2023

Jing Haipeng (simplified Chinese: 景海鹏; traditional Chinese: 景海鵬; pinyin: Jǐng Hǎipéng; born October 24, 1966) ...

Liu Wang

• Birthday: 03/25/1969
• Role: Flight Engineer
• Nationality: China
• First Flight: 06/16/2012
• Last Flight: 06/16/2012

Liu Wang (simplified Chinese: 刘旺; traditional Chinese: 劉旺, born in 1969) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the S...

Liu Yang

• Birthday: 10/06/1978
• Role: Flight Engineer
• Nationality: China
• First Flight: 06/16/2012
• Last Flight: 06/05/2022

Liu Yang (born October 6, 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut who served as a crew member on the space mission Shenzhou 9....

Mission

Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

This is the fourth crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program which lasted 12 days. Being the first crewed spacecraft to visit the Tiangong-1 space station, it brought up the astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and the first Chinese female astronaut Lie Yang. They docked automatically to the station on 18 June. During their stay in the station, astronauts conducted various scientific and technological experiments, and performed manual re-docking on 24 June. Shenzhou 9 undocked on 29 June and landed safely back on Earth the same day.

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.