List of Tiangong Space Station expeditions

First gathering of two Chinese astronaut crews on Tiangong, during the handover between Expeditions 3 and 4, 30 November 2022.

This is a chronological list of permanent expeditions to the Tiangong space station (TSS), a space station operated by China in low Earth orbit since 2021. An expedition to the TSS refers to the crew that is occupying the space station and using it for research and testing. Expeditions can last up to six months and typically include three crewmembers. ^[1] Starting with Expedition 3 (Shenzhou 14), expeditions have overlapped so that the station remains continuously inhabited.

Expeditions are numbered starting from one and sequentially increased with each expedition. TSS commanders are listed in bold. "Duration" is the period of time between the crew's arrival and departure from the TSS

Completed expeditions

Exp.	Crew	Arrival (UTC)	Arrival flight	Departure (UTC)	Departure flight	Duration	Ref.
1	Nie Haisheng Liu Boming Tang Hongbo	17 June 2021, 07:54	Shenzhou 12	16 September 2021, 00:56	Shenzhou 12	~90 days	[2]
station uncrewed: 16 September–15 October 2021
2	Zhai Zhigang Ye Guangfu Wang Yaping	15 October 2021, 22:56	Shenzhou 13	15 April 2022, 16:44	Shenzhou 13	~181 days	[3]
station uncrewed: 15 April–15 June 2022
3	Chen Dong Liu Yang Cai Xuzhe	5 June 2022, 09:42	Shenzhou 14	4 December 2022, 03:01	Shenzhou 14	~181 days	[4]
4	Fei Junlong Deng Qingming Zhang Lu	29 November 2022, 21:42	Shenzhou 15	3 June 2023, 13:29	Shenzhou 15	~185 days	[5]
5	Jing Haipeng Zhu Yangzhu Gui Haichao	30 May 2023, 08:29	Shenzhou 16	30 October 2023, 12:37	Shenzhou 16	~153 days
6	Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin	26 October 2023, 09:46	Shenzhou 17	30 April 2024, 00:43	Shenzhou 17	~186 days	[6]
7	Ye Guangfu Li Cong Li Guangsu	25 April 2024, 19:32	Shenzhou 18	3 November 2024, 08:12	Shenzhou 18	~191 days	[7]
8	Cai Xuzhe Song Lingdong Wang Haoze	30 October 2024, 03:00	Shenzhou 19	29 April 2025, 20:00	Shenzhou 19	~181 days	[8]
9	Chen Dong Chen Zhongrui Wang Jie	24 April 2025, 15:49	Shenzhou 20	14 November 2025, 03:14	Shenzhou 21	~203 days	[9]

Current expedition

Exp.	Crew	Arrival (UTC)	Arrival flight	Departure (UTC)	Departure flight	Duration	Ref.
10	Zhang Lu Wu Fei Zhang Hongzhang	31 October 2025, 19:22	Shenzhou 21	2026 (planned)	Shenzhou 22	~180 days (planned)	[10]

Future expeditions

Exp.	Crew	Arrival (UTC)	Arrival flight	Departure (UTC)	Departure flight	Duration	Ref.
11	TBA TBA TBA	2026 (planned)	Shenzhou 23	2026 (planned)	Shenzhou 23	~180 days (planned)

See also

• List of Mir Expeditions
• List of International Space Station expeditions
• List of visiting expeditions to the International Space Station
• List of ESA space expeditions

References

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