Mission Timeline
- 9 April 2012
- Shenzhou 9 spacecapsule arrives at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre
- 9 May 2012
- Long March 2F spacelauncher arrives at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre
- 9 June 2012
- Launch stack rolled out to the launch pad
- 15 June 2012
- Crew unveiled
- 16 June 2012
- Launch, first woman in space for the Chinese program, first repeat traveller for the Chinese program, first manned mission to a space station for the Chinese program
- 18 June 2012
- First manned rendezvous for the Chinese space program.
- Automated docking with Tiangong 1, first manned docking by the Chinese program
- 24 June 2012
- Shenzhou 9 undocks with Tiangong 1
- Shenzhou 9 redocks with Tiangong 1, first manual docking by the Chinese space program, second manned docking by the program
- 29 June 2012
- Shenzhou 9 landed in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia.
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