launched from China

Shenzhou 3

Success
MAR 25200214:15:00 UTC

The third uncrewed Shenzhou test flight, and the first to fly in the full configuration intended for a crew. It carried an instrumented dummy that simulated a cosmonaut's vital signs, along with a working life-support system and launch-escape system, to qualify the spacecraft for human spaceflight.

launched from LA-4/SLS-1 Jiuquan

aboard Long March 2F into LEO

Spacecraft

Shenzhou Shenzhou 3

Flight test

Payload

Shenzhou spacecraft orbital module

Science

last updated Oct 30, 2026