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Shenzhou 20
Shenzhou 20 (Chinese: 神舟二十号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshí-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 20') was a Chinese spaceflight mission to the Tiangong space station launched on 24 April 2025. It carried three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft.
Shenzhou 20 was expected to return to Earth in early November 2025 after the arrival of the Shenzhou 21 crew. However, due to suspected space debris damage to the spacecraft, the Shenzhou 20 crew returned to Earth on 14 November using the Shenzhou 21 spacecraft instead. The Shenzhou 20 spacecraft returned to Earth uncrewed on 19 January 2026.
The mission was the 15th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the 20th flight overall of the Shenzhou program.
Shenzhou 20 was launched on 24 April 2025, prior to the end of the previous mission, Shenzhou 19. It was the ninth flight to the Tiangong space station and was planned to last approximately six months, departing following the arrival of the Shenzhou 21 crew in late 2025.
The mission was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on board a Long March 2F rocket. The Shenzhou spacecraft docked with the nadir docking port on the Tianhe core module of the station, where the crew entered to take over operations from the departing crew of Shenzhou-19.
The Tianzhou 9 cargo ship docked with the Tiangong station in October during a planned resupply mission.
On 31 October 2025, Shenzhou 21 arrived at the space station in preparation for the return of Shenzhou 20. Members of both crews were pictured eating "barbecued" chicken wings aboard the station in a video shared by Chinese state media.
On 5 November 2025, just hours before it was scheduled to undock, minor cracks were detected in a window of the docked Shenzhou 20 spacecraft, attributed to a suspected debris impact. Taikonauts Chen Dong and Wang Jie found a small triangular crack on the outer pane of the re-entry capsule window. Further examination with a small microscope revealed long, thin cracks in the windowpane. As a precaution, the crew's scheduled return was postponed, and further assessment determined that Shenzhou 20 should not be used for reentry. Its three-person crew returned to Earth on 14 November aboard the already-docked Shenzhou 21 spacecraft.
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Shenzhou 20
Shenzhou 20 (Chinese: 神舟二十号; pinyin: Shénzhōu èrshí-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 20') was a Chinese spaceflight mission to the Tiangong space station launched on 24 April 2025. It carried three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft.
Shenzhou 20 was expected to return to Earth in early November 2025 after the arrival of the Shenzhou 21 crew. However, due to suspected space debris damage to the spacecraft, the Shenzhou 20 crew returned to Earth on 14 November using the Shenzhou 21 spacecraft instead. The Shenzhou 20 spacecraft returned to Earth uncrewed on 19 January 2026.
The mission was the 15th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the 20th flight overall of the Shenzhou program.
Shenzhou 20 was launched on 24 April 2025, prior to the end of the previous mission, Shenzhou 19. It was the ninth flight to the Tiangong space station and was planned to last approximately six months, departing following the arrival of the Shenzhou 21 crew in late 2025.
The mission was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on board a Long March 2F rocket. The Shenzhou spacecraft docked with the nadir docking port on the Tianhe core module of the station, where the crew entered to take over operations from the departing crew of Shenzhou-19.
The Tianzhou 9 cargo ship docked with the Tiangong station in October during a planned resupply mission.
On 31 October 2025, Shenzhou 21 arrived at the space station in preparation for the return of Shenzhou 20. Members of both crews were pictured eating "barbecued" chicken wings aboard the station in a video shared by Chinese state media.
On 5 November 2025, just hours before it was scheduled to undock, minor cracks were detected in a window of the docked Shenzhou 20 spacecraft, attributed to a suspected debris impact. Taikonauts Chen Dong and Wang Jie found a small triangular crack on the outer pane of the re-entry capsule window. Further examination with a small microscope revealed long, thin cracks in the windowpane. As a precaution, the crew's scheduled return was postponed, and further assessment determined that Shenzhou 20 should not be used for reentry. Its three-person crew returned to Earth on 14 November aboard the already-docked Shenzhou 21 spacecraft.
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