SHENZHOU 10

SHENZHOU 10 is no longer on orbit

NORAD ID: 39179

Int'l Code: 2013-029A

Launch date: June 11, 2013
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)
Decay date: 2013-06-25

SHENZHOU 10 is a manned spaceflight of China's Shenzhou program. This mission has a crew of three taikonauts: Nie Haisheng, who is mission commander and previously flew on Shenzhou 6, Zhang Xiaoguang, a former PLA Air Force squadron commander who will conduct the rendezvous and docking, and Wang Yaping, China's second female taikonaut. During the mission, the Shenzhou spacecraft will dock with the Tiangong-1 space station. Taikonauts will perform physical, technological, and scientific experiments while on board. Shenzhou 10 will be the final mission to Tiangong 1.