Chinese crewed spaceflight (Shenzhou 5, Tiangong)
Programa espacial tripulado chino (Shenzhou 5, Tiangong)
- Date
- 2003 · confidence high
- Place
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu, China; Tiangong station launched from Wenchang (2021)
- Credited to
- China Manned Space Agency (Yang Liwei, first taikonaut)
- Field
- Movement
What it is
China became the third nation to put a human in orbit using its own means and in 2021 opened its Tiangong space station. It established a second full-fledged space power.
What it led to
- The new space race between the United States and China (Artemis versus ILRS)
- Chinese lunar exploration (Chang'e 4 on the far side, 2019; samples from Chang'e 5 and 6)
- China's exclusion from the ISS and the forking of space cooperation
Built on
Made possible
- First landing on the far side of the Moon (Chang'e 4)2019
- Tianwen-1 and Zhurong: orbit, landing and rover on Mars in a single mission14 de mayo de 2021
- Far-side lunar sample return (Chang'e 6)2024
- Tiangong station
- Chang'e 6 (far-side samples, 2024)
- International Lunar Research Station (ILRS)