Shenzhou 17
2023 Chinese crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station
Shenzhou 17 is a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 26 October 2023. It carries three (astronauts or) taikonauts from the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps. The spacecraft is a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission is the twelfth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the seventeenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.
 Shenzhou 17 atop a Long March 2F prior to launch. | |
| Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-164A |
| SATCAT no. | 58146 |
| Mission duration | 180 days (planned) 396 days, 12 hours and 40 minutes (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace and Technology Corporation |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 7 hours 25 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 October 2023, 03:14:02 UTC |
| Rocket | Long March 2F |
| Launch site | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Launch Area 4 |
| Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 2024 (planned) |
| Landing site | Inner Mongolia, China |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 41.5° |
| Docking with Tiangong space station | |
| Docking port | Tianhe forward |
| Docking date | 26 October 2023, 09:46 UTC |
| Undocking date | May 2024 (planned) |
| Time docked | 180 days (planned) 396 days, 6 hours and 8 minutes (in progress) |
 Jiang Xinlin, Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie | |