 Shenzhou 7 spacecraft model | |
| COSPAR ID | 2008-047A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 33386 |
| Mission duration | 2 days, 20 hours, 27 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Zhai Zhigang Liu Boming Jing Haipeng |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 22 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 September 2008, 13:10:04.988 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Long March 2F |
| Launch site | Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 28 September 2008, 09:37 UTC[2] |
| Landing site | Siziwang Banner Central Inner Mongolia[vague] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
 Zhai, Liu and Jing Shenzhou missions | |
Shenzhou 7 (simplified Chinese: 神舟七号; traditional Chinese: 神舟七號; pinyin: Shénzhōu Qī Hào) was the third human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program. The mission, which included the first Chinese extra-vehicular activity (EVA) carried out by crew members Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming, marked the commencement of the second phase of the Chinese government's Project 921.
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.[1][3] The mission lasted three days, after which the craft landed safely in Siziwang Banner in central Inner Mongolia on 28 September 2008, at 17:37 CST.[2][4] The Shenzhou 7 EVA made the Chinese space program the third to have conducted an EVA. EVAs had previously been conducted by the space programs of the Soviet Union (later Russia) and the United States.
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