Shenzhou 14

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The Shenzhou 14 mission was a crewed spaceflight to China's Tiangong space station. Launched on June 5, 2022, the mission carried three astronauts: commander Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe. Their primary objective was to oversee the addition of two new science modules, Wentian and Mengtian, to the Tiangong station. Liu Yang was notably the first Chinese woman to travel to space on the Shenzhou 9 mission in 2012. The Shenzhou spacecraft, developed by the China National Space Administration, is modeled after Russia's Soyuz design but incorporates Chinese technology.12345

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…2022, as part of the Shenzhou 14 mission with commander Chen Dong and operator Cai Xuzhe. Shenzhou 14 docked with the Tianhe module of the Tiangong space station. Liu and her fellow crew members planned to stay aboard Tiangong for six months and supervise the addition of the Mengtian and…
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…2022, as part of the Shenzhou 14 mission with commander Chen Dong and operator Cai Xuzhe. Shenzhou 14 docked with the Tianhe module of the Tiangong space station. Liu and her fellow crew members planned to stay aboard Tiangong for six months and supervise the addition of the Mengtian and…
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