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The Shenzhou XX crew, consisting of Senior Colonel Chen Dong, Colonel Chen Zhongrui, and Colonel Wang Jie, has occupied the Chinese space station since April 25, totaling more than six months in orbit.
Taikonauts are assigned to Shenzhou missions at least one year in advance and after a two to three-month post-mission evaluation period.
Mid-flight crewed Shenzhou undocking-docking has only been performed on Tiangong 1.
Commander Chen Dong will hand over station management to the incoming Shenzhou XXI crew.
Shenzhou XXI astronauts are tasked with station operation, maintenance, and conducting 27 new research projects during their six-month stay.
The Shenzhou spacecraft currently has a crew capacity of three.
The new crew of Shenzhou XXI will relieve the Shenzhou XX occupants, who have maintained Tiangong for more than six months.
Each Shenzhou spacecraft has an estimated launch weight of 8,100 kilograms and an in-space mass of 7,840 kilograms.
Shenzhou XXI is led by Senior Colonel Zhang Lu, with crew members Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang.
Additional mission objectives for Shenzhou XXI include spacewalks for debris shield installation, equipment deployment and retrieval, and educational outreach.
The Shenzhou spacecraft has a pressurized volume of almost fifteen cubic meters and a habitable volume of seven cubic meters.
The Shenzhou spacecraft launches on the Long March 2F/G rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Shenzhou XXI will perform a rapid autonomous rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core module in under four hours after launch.
A Long March 2F/G lifted off from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on October 31st, carrying a Shenzhou spacecraft with three taikonauts onboard into low Earth orbit.
The Shenzhou-21 mission is the 21st flight of the Shenzhou vehicle and the 34th for the human exploration program.
The Long March 2F/G launch vehicle is designed to send the Shenzhou spacecraft onto a rendezvous path with the Tiangong Space Station in three and a half hours.
The Shenzhou spacecraft has a pressurized volume of almost fifteen cubic meters and a habitable volume of seven cubic meters.
The believed launch weight of the Shenzhou spacecraft is 8,100 kilograms, with an in-space mass of 7,840 kilograms.
The Shenzhou spacecraft currently launches on the Long March 2F/G rocket.
The Shenzhou spacecraft is China’s only operational crewed spacecraft with a crew capacity of three.