Shenzhou 13

E832567

Shenzhou 13 was a Chinese crewed spacecraft mission to the Tiangong space station, notable for its six-month duration and inclusion of China’s first female astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crewed spaceflight mission
callSign Shenzhou 13 NERFINISHED
commander Zhai Zhigang NERFINISHED
country China
crewMember Wang Yaping NERFINISHED
Ye Guangfu NERFINISHED
Zhai Zhigang NERFINISHED
crewRole Wang Yaping – operator NERFINISHED
Ye Guangfu – operator NERFINISHED
crewSize 3
destination Tiangong space station NERFINISHED
dockingDate 2021-10-16
educationOutreach live science classes from space to students in China
EVAcount 2
EVAdate 2021-11-07
2021-12-26
EVAparticipant Wang Yaping – 2021-11-07
Ye Guangfu – 2021-12-26
Zhai Zhigang – 2021-11-07
Zhai Zhigang – 2021-12-26
followedBy Shenzhou 14 NERFINISHED
inclination about 41.5 degrees
launchDate 2021-10-15
launchPad Jiuquan LC-43 NERFINISHED
launchSite Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center NERFINISHED
launchTime 16:23 UTC
launchVehicle Long March 2F NERFINISHED
missionDuration about 182 days
approximately six months
missionType long-duration space station expedition
notableFor first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk
longest Chinese crewed space mission at the time
operator China Manned Space Agency NERFINISHED
orbit low Earth orbit
partOf Chinese space station construction phase
precededBy Shenzhou 12 NERFINISHED
primaryObjective extravehicular activities for station construction and maintenance
testing of life support and regenerative systems
verification of long-term crewed presence on Tiangong
program Shenzhou program NERFINISHED
returnDate 2022-04-16
scienceActivities microgravity experiments
space medicine research
spaceAgency China National Space Administration NERFINISHED
spacecraftType Shenzhou spacecraft NERFINISHED
spaceStationModuleDockedTo Tianhe core module NERFINISHED
spacewalkParticipant Wang Yaping NERFINISHED
Zhai Zhigang NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shenzhou 12 followedBy Shenzhou 13