![]() Diagram of Shenzhou 10 (right) docked with Tiangong-1 (left) | |
COSPAR ID | 2013-029A |
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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[1] |
Docking with Tiangong-1 | |
Docking date | 13 June 2013, 05:11 UTC |
Undocking date | 25 June 2013 |
Time docked | 12 days |
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.[2][3] 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,[4] 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.[5] On 26 June 2013, after a series of successful docking tests, Shenzhou 10 returned to Earth.[6]