Shenzhou, Chang’e, Tianwen & Co.: Info Shymkent is presenting detailed information of the big flagship mission of Chinese Spaceflight in the last 20 years.
Chang’e- Chinese Moon missions
The Chinese missions to the moon are called Chang’e. They are named after the Chinese Goddess of the Moon. The Chinese moon program was started in 2003. The huge goal in Chinese Spaceflight to establish a manned moon base on the moon surface. China accomplished all six robotic missions to our cosmic neighbor successful.

- 2007: Chang’e-1 (Moon orbiter)
- 2010: Chang’e-2 (Moon orbiter and later deep space mission)
- 2013: Chang’e-3 (with Rover Yutu on the moon)
- 2019: Chang’e-4 (with Rover Yutu-2 at the far side of moon)
- 2020: Chang’e-5 (Moon sample return mission)
- 2022: Chang’e-6 (Moon sample return mission at a icy moon pole)
Tianwen – Chinese planetary missions

- 2011: Chang’e-2 (L2 Earth-Sun-Point and visit of Asteroid 4179 Toutatis)
- 2020: Tianwen-1 (Mars Orbiter with Landing vehicle and rover)
Shenzhou – Chinese manned spaceflight

- since 1999: Shenzhou flights (manned spacecraft)
- 2011: Tiangong-1 (1st space laboratory)
- 2016: Tiangong-2 (2n space laboratory)
- since 2017: Tianzhou (Cargo spacecraft)
- 2021: Tianhe (Core module of Chinese Space Station – CSS)