神舟十五号
Zhang Lu received the Spaceflight Merit Medal (Third Class) and the honorary title of hero taikonaut after Shenzhou-15.
Zhang Lu is the commander of the Shenzhou-21 mission and is flying his second spaceflight after Shenzhou-15.
Zhang Lu is on his second spaceflight after flying on Shenzhou-15 from November 2022 to June 2023.
Zhang Lu flew on Shenzhou-15 between November 2022 and June 2023.
Zhang Lu received the Spaceflight Merit Medal (Third Class) and the honorary title of hero taikonaut after Shenzhou-15.
Zhang Lu previously flew on Shenzhou-15 between November 2022 and June 2023.
Zhang Lu is on his second spaceflight, having flown on Shenzhou-15 between November 2022 and June 2023.
Fei Junlong flew on Shenzhou-6 and Shenzhou-15.
Deng Qingming flew on Shenzhou-15.
The Shenzhou 15 orbital module measured roughly 1 meter across and weighed more than 1.5 tons.
During reentry above the western United States the Shenzhou 15 module traveled faster than the speed of sound and generated a series of sonic booms.
Seismometers across southern California recorded ground-rattling vibrations produced by the shock waves from the Shenzhou 15 module reentry.
The orbital module from China’s Shenzhou 15 spacecraft reentered on April 2, 2024.
Zhang Lu was born in November 1976, is from Hanshou County, Hunan province, was selected as part of China’s second taikonaut group in 2010, served in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, achieved the rank of Senior Colonel, joined the Communist Party of China in April 1999, and received the Spaceflight Merit Medal (Third Class) and the honorary title of hero taikonaut after Shenzhou-15.
Zhang Lu is the Commander and Pilot of Shenzhou-21 on his second spaceflight and previously flew on Shenzhou-15 between November 2022 and June 2023.
Zhang Lu, the Commander of Shenzhou-21, is a previously flown taikonaut who participated in Shenzhou-15 from November 2022 to June 2023.
Zhang Lu, the mission commander, is 48 years old and was also part of the Shenzhou 15 crew launched in November 2022.
ZHANG Lu is the commander of Shenzhou-21 and a veteran of Shenzhou-15.
The Shenzhou-20 mission has now tied Shenzhou-15 for the most spacewalks performed outside the Tiangong Space Station, with both missions having completed four.
The Shenzhou-15 crew have nearly completed a six-month mission aboard Tiangong and will be joined by the Shenzhou-16 crew aboard the station.