Shenzhou 24

Shenzhou 24 will carry three crew to the Tiangong space station, including Pakistan's first astronaut — either Muhammad Zeeshan Ali or Khurram Daud of SUPARCO — for a roughly one-week visit. The visitor is expected to return on Shenzhou 23, leaving one Shenzhou 23 taikonaut aboard for China's first year-long stay.

Status

Date TBD

Target orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Date and time

25 November 2026

Rocket

Long March 2F/G

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Human Exploration