 Launch of Shenzhou 16 on a Long March 2F | |
| Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-077A |
| SATCAT no. | 56761 |
| Mission duration | 153 days, 22 hours and 41 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Jing Haipeng Zhu Yangzhu Gui Haichao |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 30 May 2023, 01:31 UTC |
| Rocket | Long March 2F |
| Launch site | Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS |
| Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 31 October 2023, 00:12 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 | 30 May 2023, 08:29 UTC |
| Undocking date | 30 October 2023, 12:37 UTC |
| Time docked | 153 days, 4 hours and 8 minutes |
 Gui Haichao, Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu | |
Shenzhou 16 (Chinese: 神舟十六号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíliù-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 16') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 30 May 2023. It carried two People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts and a payload specialist from Beihang University on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission was the eleventh crewed Chinese spaceflight and the sixteenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.