Shenzhou 10
Diagram of Shenzhou 10 (right) docked with Tiangong-1 (left) | |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-029A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 39179 |
| Mission duration | 14 days, 14 hours, 29 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
| Manufacturer | CASC |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Nie Haisheng Zhang Xiaoguang Wang Yaping |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 11 June 2013, 09:38:02 UTC |
| Rocket | Long March 2F |
| Launch site | Jiuquan LA-4/SLS |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 26 June 2013, 00:07 UTC |
| Landing site | Inner Mongolia |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 262 kilometres (163 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 315 kilometres (196 mi) |
| Inclination | 42.7 degrees |
| Period | 90.28 minutes |
| Epoch | 12 June 2013 |
| Docking with Tiangong-1 | |
| Docking date | 13 June 2013, 05:11 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 June 2013 |
| Time docked | 12 days |
(L-R) Haisheng, Xiaoguang and Yaping | |
Shenzhou 10 (Chinese: 神舟十号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíhào) was a crewed spaceflight of China's Shenzhou program that was launched on 11 June 2013. It was China's fifth crewed space mission. The mission had a crew of three astronauts: Nie Haisheng, who was mission commander and previously flew on Shenzhou 6; Zhang Xiaoguang, a former PLAAF squadron commander who conducted the rendezvous and docking; and Wang Yaping, the second Chinese female astronaut. The Shenzhou spacecraft docked with the Tiangong-1 trial space laboratory module on 13 June, and the astronauts performed physical, technological, and scientific experiments while on board. Shenzhou 10 was the 2nd and final expedition and mission to Tiangong-1 in this portion of the Tiangong program. On 26 June 2013, after a series of successful docking tests, Shenzhou 10 returned to Earth.