2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent
Shenzhou 5
First Chinese crewed spaceflight.
Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 15 Oct 2003
- Lead / partner
- China
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Human spaceflight
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Long March 2F
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
Why it happened
Shenzhou 5 flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of China's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First Chinese crewed spaceflight.
Results
First Chinese crewed spaceflight.
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Sources & image credits
- Shujianyang, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
