Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
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Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
COSPAR ID | 2021-092A |
SATCAT no. | 49326 |
Mission duration | 182 days, 9 hours and 32 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Zhai Zhigang Wang Yaping Ye Guangfu |
EVAs | 2 |
EVA duration | 12 hours 36 minutes[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 October 2021, 16:23:56 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Long March 2F |
Launch site | Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS |
Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 16 April 2022, 01:56:49 UTC |
Landing site | Inner Mongolia, China |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 41.5° |
Docking with Tiangong space station | |
Docking port | Tianhe nadir |
Docking date | 15 October 2021, 22:56 UTC |
Undocking date | 15 April 2022, 16:44 UTC |
Time docked | 181 days, 17 hours and 48 minutes |
Shenzhou 13 mission patch Ye Guangfu, Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping |
Shenzhou 13 (Chinese: 神舟十三号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shísān-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 13') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 15 October 2021. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission was the eighth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the thirteenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.