Shenzhou 6 was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program, launched on October 12, 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou spacecraft carried a crew of Fèi Jùnlóng (费俊龙) and Niè Hǎishèng (聂…
The Shenzhou spacecraft carrying the three crew members was launched 25 September 2008, by a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 21:10 CST. The mission lasted three days, after which the craft lan…
The Shenzhou 8 spacecraft was automatically docked with the Tiangong-1 space module (launched on 29 September 2011) on November 3 and again on November 14, 2011. This unmanned docking—China’s first—was followed in 2012 with the manned Shenzhou 9 miss…
Shenzhou 9 was the second spacecraft and first crewed spacecraft to dock with the Tiangong 1 space station, which took place on 18 June….
Used for ground testing alongside Booster 4. Ship 20 is now on display at the Starbase Rocket Garden….
Ship 24 (S24) used for the first integrated flight test. Lost in a launch failure….
Ship 25 (S25) used for the second integrated flight test. Lost before engine cutoff….
Ship 28 (S28) planned for the third integrated flight test….
Soyuz 1 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 23 April 1967 00:35 UTC. It was the first manned flight of the Soyuz program carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov. The landing failed due to parachute failure. It was the first in-flight fatalit…
Soyuz 10 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 22 April 1971 23:54 UTC. It transported three cosmonauts on the first flight to Salyut 1, but docking failed. The crew was Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, and Nikolai Rukavishnikov….
Soyuz 11 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 6 June 1971 04:55 UTC. It transported three cosmonauts on the second flight to Salyut 1. The crew was Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev….
Soyuz 12 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 27 September 1973 12:18 UTC. It launched two cosmonauts to orbit for spacecraft testing purposes. The crew was Vasili Lazarev and Oleg Makarov….
Soyuz 13 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 18 December 1973 11:55 UTC. It launched two cosmonauts to orbit for science purposes. The crew was Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev….
Soyuz 14 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 3 July 1974 18:51 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts to Salyut 3. The crew was Pavel Popovich and Yuri Artyukhin….
Soyuz 15 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 26 August 1974 19:58 UTC. It intended to transport two cosmonauts on the second flight to Salyut 3, but docking failed. The crew was Gennadi Sarafanov and Lev Dyomin….
