List of Tiangong Space Station expeditions

This is a chronological list of principal expeditions to Tiangong Space Station, a Chinese space station in low Earth orbit from 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 include three during the regular station and six crew members during the time of crew swap.[1]

Expeditions are numbered starting from one and sequentially increased with each expedition. Resupply mission crews and space tourists are excluded (see List of human spaceflights to the Tiangong space station for details). TSS commanders are listed in bold. "Duration" is the period of time between the crew's launch from Earth and until their decoupling from the TSS.

Past expeditions
Expedition Crew Arrival Departure Duration
(days)
Date Flight Date Flight
Expedition 1[2] Nie Haisheng
Liu Boming
Tang Hongbo		 17 June 2021
07:54 UTC		 Shenzhou 12 16 September 2021
00:56 UTC		 Shenzhou 12 ~91 days
station uncrewed
Expedition 2[3] Zhai Zhigang
Ye Guangfu
Wang Yaping		 15 October 2021
22:56 UTC		 Shenzhou 13 15 April 2022
16:44 UTC		 Shenzhou 13 ~182 days

Current expedition
Expedition Crew Arrival Departure Duration
(days)
Date Flight Date Flight
station uncrewed

References
  1. "China's space station to host 6 astronauts by end of 2022-Xinhua".
  2. "Tiangong: Expedition 1". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  3. "Tiangong: Expedition 2". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
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