Manned Missions
| Order | Patch | Mission | Launch | Duration | Landing | Crew | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenzhou 5 | 15 October 2003 | 0 d 21 h 22 m 45 s | 15 October 2003 | Yang Liwei | First Chinese manned flight, 14 Earth orbits. | |||
| 2 | Shenzhou 6 | 12 October 2005 | 4 d 19 h 33 m | 16 October 2005 | Fei Junlong | Nie Haisheng | Multiple days in space, 75 orbits. | ||
| 3 | Shenzhou 7 | 25 September 2008 | 2 d 20 h 27 m | 28 September 2008 | Zhai Zhigang | Liu Boming | Jing Haipeng | First three-person crew, first Chinese spacewalk. | |
| 4 | Shenzhou 9 | 16 June 2012 | 12 d 15 h 24 m | 29 June 2012 | Jing Haipeng | Liu Wang | Liu Yang | First Chinese woman in space; first docking with Tiangong-1 space station, 18 June 2012, 06:07 UTC. | |
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