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Tianzhou-5 will dock at Tiangong’s forward port following the departure of the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft later 2023-05.
China’s human spaceflight agency CMSA identified on 2023-03-02 that Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu had recently carried out a spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station.
China completed construction of its three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station and conducted its first crew handover between Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15.
Tianzhou-5 carried a number of CubeSats to orbit while supplying the Shenzhou-15 crewed mission.
The Tianhe core module launched in April 2021 and the Tiangong complex culminated 10 launches later with Shenzhou-15 arriving at the completed T-shaped complex.
Shenzhou-15 completed rendezvous and docking with the Tiangong space station at 4:42 p.m. Eastern on 2022-11-29.
The arrival of Shenzhou-15 at Tiangong signifies completion of plans approved in 1992 to develop China's human spaceflight capabilities and build a space station.
China has six astronauts aboard its recently completed Tiangong space station following the arrival of three crew members aboard Shenzhou-15.
The Shenzhou-15 crew will be sustained by supplies delivered to Tiangong aboard the Tianzhou-5 cargo mission launched 2022-11-11 Eastern time.
Shenzhou-15 launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 10:08 a.m. Eastern on 2022-11-29.
Shenzhou-15 will launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on a Long March 2F rocket as early as late November following the arrival of Tianzhou-5 at Tiangong.
Launch of Tianzhou-5 could take place in the first half of November and will provide supplies for the upcoming Shenzhou-15 crewed mission.
Tianzhou-5 will be the fourth cargo mission to Tiangong and will provide supplies for the upcoming Shenzhou-15 crewed mission.
Wentian’s new crew facilities will enable China to perform a first crew handover between the Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 missions.
The first crew handover will take place when the Shenzhou-14 crew greet Shenzhou-15, which is expected to launch in December.
Shenzhou-15 is expected to launch in December to perform the first crew handover with the Shenzhou-14 crew.
The subsequent launch of Tianzhou-5 and Shenzhou-15 late in 2022 will include the first crew handover with six astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station and will complete the project’s 11-mission construction phase.
Tianzhou-5 will launch ahead of Shenzhou-15, with both missions scheduled for late in the year.
Tianzhou-5 will launch ahead of Shenzhou-15, with both missions scheduled for late 2022.
Tianzhou-5 is planned to launch in October 2022 in preparation for Shenzhou-15 in November 2022, completing the construction phase.