Next-gen spacecraft test
Success
MAY 05202010:00:00 UTCFirst flight of Long March 5B, testing a new crewed spacecraft. The capsule successfully returned to Earth on 8 May, following on-orbit testing. An experimental secondary payload, meant to test inflatable heat shield reentry technologies, malfunctioned during its return to Earth on 6 May.
LIFTOFF
MAY 05 202010:00:00 UTC
Success
launched from LC-1 Wenchang
aboard Long March 5B Y1 into LEO
Payloads · 2
- 01
Chinese next-generation crewed spacecraft
Flight test
- 02
Flexible Inflatable Cargo Return Module
Technology demonstration