Commander Ye Guangfu was one of the first visitors to the under-construction Tiangong space station on the 2021–2022 Shenzhou-13 mission.
Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft will launch after the end of the Shenzhou-13 mission in March 2022 to support the Shenzhou-14 crew.
Tianzhou-3 launched on 2021-09-20 to deliver nearly 6,000 kg of provisions, equipment, and experiments for the Shenzhou-13 mission.
The Shenzhou-13 mission is planned to last six months and will launch from Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert as soon as early October.
The Shenzhou-13 mission will carry three crew members on a six-month-long mission launching from Jiuquan in October.
The crewed Shenzhou-13 mission was planned to follow Tianzhou-3 in October 2021.
The Tianzhou 3 space station cargo mission is being prepared for launch in mid-September to provide supplies ahead of the Shenzhou 13 mission in October.