Shenzhou 9

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Shenzhou 9

Diagram depicting Shenzhou 9 (right) docked with Tiangong-1 (left)
COSPAR ID	2012-032A
SATCAT no.	38461
Mission duration	12 days, 15 hours and 25 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Shenzhou
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Jing Haipeng Liu Wang Liu Yang
Start of mission
Launch date	16 June 2012, 10:37:24 (2012-06-16UTC10:37:24Z) UTC
Rocket	Long March 2F
Launch site	Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1
End of mission
Landing date	29 June 2012, 02:01:16 (2012-06-29UTC02:01:17Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Docking with Tiangong-1
Docking date	18 June 2012, 06:07 UTC
Undocking date	24 June 2012, 03:08 UTC
Time docked	3 days, 21 hours, 1 minute
Docking with Tiangong-1
Docking date	24 June 2012, 04:38 UTC
Undocking date	28 June 2012, 01:22 UTC
Time docked	3 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes
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Shenzhou 9 (Chinese: 神舟九号) was the fourth crewed spacecraft flight of China's Shenzhou program, launched at 18:37:24 CST (10:37:24 UTC), 16 June 2012. Shenzhou 9 was the second spacecraft and first crewed mission and expedition to dock with the Tiangong-1 space station, which took place on 18 June. The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft landed at 10:01:16 CST (02:01:16 UTC) on 29 June in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The mission's crew included the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang. The next mission was Shenzhou 10, which launched on 11 June 2013.^[1]