Shenzhou-17 Crewed Mission: Docking | China Space Station

Shenzhou-17 Crewed Mission: Docking | China Space Station

China has sent its youngest crew ever to the China Space Station. The Shenzhou-17 crew spacecraft made a fast, automated rendezvous and docked with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 09:46 UTC (17:46 China Standard Time) on Oct. 26, 2023.

The Shenzhou-17 crew was successfully launched by their Long March-2F Y17 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on October 26, 2023, at 03:14 UTC (11:14am China Standard Time). Shenzhou-17 is the sixth crew of three taikonauts (astronauts) on a mission to the China Space Station: Hongbo Tang (汤洪波, Commander), Shengjie Tang (唐胜杰) (Mission Specialist) and Xinlin Jiang (江新林) (Mission Specialist). 

China Shenzhou-17 Crew

Hongbo Tang (Commander)

Shengjie Tang (Mission Specialist)

Xinlin Jiang (Mission Specialist)

Shenzhou-17 is the twelfth crewed and seventeenth flight overall of China's Shenzhou spaceflight program.

Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Central Television (CCTV)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 43 seconds

Release Date: Oct. 26, 2023

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