Tiangong: Expedition 5

Expedition 5 began with the undocking of Shenzhou-15.

China's unmanned Tianzhou-5 spacecraft re-docked with the Tiangong space station at 19:10 UTC on June 05, 2023 after more than a month of independent flying, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMS).The cargo spacecraft separated from Tiangong on May 05, 2023 to leave room for its successor, Tianzhou-6. It had been flying freely for 33 days before the re-docking.

The Feitian EVA suit operates with an internal pressure of 40 kPa. This has the advantage that a decompression only takes 30 minutes, but every movement is strenuous. After climbing 50 to 60 meters along the space station, the astronauts have to take a breather halfway.

On July 20, 2023 Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu performed the first and probably planned only spacewalk (7h 55m). They installed & lifted the bracket for panoramic camera B of core module, unlocked & lifted panoramic camera A/B of Mengtian lab module.

Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft separated from Tianhe core module at 08:46 UTC on September 11, 2023. Controlled reentry was planned for September 12, 2023 at ~01:13 UTC.