Shenzhou spacecraft

Shenzhou is China's active three-module human spaceflight spacecraft family, comprising an orbital module, reentry module, and propulsion module. Shenzhou 1 through 4 established and qualified the system, Shenzhou 5 carried China's first astronaut, Shenzhou 8 achieved the program's first orbital docking, and later spacecraft have supported laboratories and regular Tiangong crew rotations, including the uncrewed emergency launch of Shenzhou 22.