Tiangong 1 - Mission Profile - Manned Missions - Shenzhou 10

Shenzhou 10

A second manned mission, and the final Shenzhou mission to rendezvous with Tiangong-1 before it is deorbited, was launched on 11 June 2013. The launch was originally planned for earlier in the year, but was delayed to allow the mission to incorporate more complex scientific experiments. The mission's crew includes China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping. Shenzhou 10 docked successfully with Tiangong-1 on 13 June. With a planned length of 15 days, Shenzhou 10 will be China's longest manned space mission to date.

On 15 June 2013, the Shenzhou 10 crew completed China's first orbital maintenance operation, replacing Tiangong-1's interior cladding. Additional maintenance work was conducted on the space station's seal rings. On 20 June, Wang Yaping delivered a remote video lecture from orbit to students across China, demonstrating physics in microgravity with her colleagues.

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