Astronaut ranks and positions

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Astronauts hold a variety of ranks and positions. Each of these roles carries responsibilities that are essential to the operation of a spacecraft. A spacecraft's cockpit, filled with sophisticated equipment, requires skills differing from those used to manage the scientific equipment on board, and so on.

## Contents

* 1 NASA ranks and positions
* 1.1 Ranks
* 1.2 Positions
* 2 Roscosmos and Soviet space program ranks and positions
* 2.1 Ranks
* 2.2 Positions
* 3 China National Space Administration positions
* 3.1 Ranks
* 3.2 Positions
* 4 International Space Station positions
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## NASA ranks and positions

### Ranks

Members of the NASA Astronaut Corps hold one of two ranks. Astronaut Candidate is the rank of those training to be NASA astronauts.

Upon graduation, candidates are promoted to Astronaut and receive their Astronaut Pin. The pin is issued in two grades, silver and gold, with the silver pin awarded to candidates who have successfully completed astronaut training and the gold pin to astronauts who have flown in space.

Chief of the Astronaut Office is a position, not a rank.

### Positions

Position  | Duties  | Examples  | Comments

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Mercury
Pilot  | Overall mission success  | Mercury Seven | As a single-seat spacecraft, the astronauts who flew the Mercury missions were referred to simply as "Pilots". Mercury Pilots were required to have experience as a pilot of high-performance jet aircraft and to be no more than 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) tall and weigh no more than 180 pounds (82 kg).
Gemini
Command Pilot  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and spacecraft  | James McDivitt  | McDivitt was the first rookie Command Pilot.
Pilot  | Serves as systems engineer, copilot, and would perform any other mission objectives such as EVA's during the Gemini program.  | Ed White | White was the first American who made an EVA (extravehicular activity).
Apollo
Commander  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and spacecraft, pilot in command of spacecraft during launch, trans-lunar coast, and Earth return coast. Also pilot in command of the Apollo Lunar Module. The commander would make the actual descent and landing of LM on the lunar surface, as well as the lunar ascent back to the orbiting CSM.  | Apollo 11 Commander: Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon.

Apollo 11 Backup Commander: Jim Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13.

Command Module Pilot  | Responsible for knowing the CSM and their systems fully. Serve as flight engineer during launch phase while commander would be in full control of the vehicle. Perform navigation and mid-course correction procedures during trans-lunar and trans-Earth phases of flight, command pilot of CSM during lunar orbit phase (when the mission commander is in control of the lunar module from separation phase until the LM docked back with CSM in lunar orbit). The CM pilot would also have other objectives during lunar orbit phase such as lunar photography, research and study for future landing sites for subsequent Apollo missions, deploy lunar satellite in some cases, as well as being responsible for relaying messages from mission control if radio contact with the LM was lost or weak, and also responsible for performing an orbital rescue with the LM if it were to malfunction and not be able to perform as needed to rendezvous with CSM as planned for in normal cases, but this never was needed. However, the CM pilot was responsible for docking the two ships together when the LM returned to orbit after being on the surface. On later J-series missions, the CM pilot would conduct an EVA on the return voyage to collect film canisters in the SIM bay.  | Michael Collins,
Backup CMP: William Anders |
Lunar Module Pilot  | Flight engineer of Apollo Lunar Module during descent and ascent of the LM also responsible for its systems during all phases of flight between Earth and Moon. The LMP would callout key information to the commander during the most critical descent and landing phases when all of the commander's attention would be focused out the window and on visually flying the LM to a suitable landing spot on the surface. He would also control the navigation computer and other subsystems of the craft while the commander had hands on the controls to fly the ship down manually the last portion of the descent when manual control was taken over from the computer.  | Buzz Aldrin, second man on the Moon
Backup LMP: Fred Haise | Aldrin was the first person in space with a doctorate
Docking Module Pilot  |  | Deke Slayton, Mercury 7 astronaut,
Backup DMP: Jack Lousma  | Position only used once during Apollo–Soyuz joint mission
Skylab
Commander  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and spacecraft  | Pete Conrad, first Skylab commander  |
Pilot  |  | Paul J. Weitz  |
Science Pilot  |  | Joseph P. Kerwin, first American physician in space  |
Space Shuttle
Commander  |  Overall mission success, safety of crew and Shuttle, maneuvered Shuttle with assistance from Pilot.  | John Young, commander of the first Shuttle mission  | All Shuttle commanders had prior spaceflight experience.[1] Required a degree in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics. Must have had at least 1000 hours flying experience on a jet aircraft,[2] and at least 750 simulated landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft.[3] Must pass a NASA Class I space physical to be certified for flight.[4]
Pilot  |  Assisted the Commander in maneuvering the Shuttle. May have also been responsible for release and recovery of satellites.  | Robert Crippen, flew the first Space Shuttle mission as pilot  | Same education and flight experience requirements as a Commander,[2] but does not need prior spaceflight experience.
Payload Commander (PLC)  |  A Mission Specialist with additional responsibility for the management of the science or other major payload elements of the mission.[5] | Story Musgrave, Michael P. Anderson  | Payload Commanders were always NASA astronauts.
Mission Specialist (MS)  | A NASA astronaut assigned to a Shuttle crew with mission-specific duties.  | Jerry L. Ross and Franklin Chang-Diaz each flew seven times as Shuttle Mission Specialists.  | Must pass a NASA Class II space physical to be certified for flight.[4]
Flight Engineer  | A Mission Specialist with additional responsibility of assisting the Pilot and Commander. The FE also kept track of information from CAPCOM and called out milestones.  | Story Musgrave, Sally Ride, Michael P. Anderson  | The FE is always mission specialist 2 and sits in the S4 seat on the Shuttle flight deck.
International Mission Specialist  | Same as mission specialist but may have had payload-specific duties assigned by home agency.  | Hans Schlegel  |
Educator Mission Specialist | Same as mission specialist but with additional education-related duties.  | Joseph M. Acaba, first Puerto Rican astronaut  | Position created in 2004 as part of the Educator Astronaut Project.
Payload Specialist  | Technical experts who accompanied specific payloads such as a commercial or scientific satellites.  |

* Byron K. Lichtenberg, first payload specialist
* Ulf Merbold, first international payload specialist
* Charles Walker, flew three times
* Ilan Ramon, last payload specialist

| Payload Specialists were non-NASA personnel. The term was also applied to representatives from partner nations such as Saudi Arabia and Mexico who were given the opportunity to fly on the Space Shuttle.
USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer | Same as payload specialist, but were military personnel who accompanied military payloads.  | Gary Payton  | Payton and William A. Pailes were the only Manned Spaceflight Engineers to fly before the program's termination in 1988.
Spaceflight Participant  | People who travel aboard space missions coordinated by those agencies who are not part of the crew.  | Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster  | This term serves to distinguish tourists and other special travelers from the career astronauts.
Commercial Crew Program
Spacecraft Commander  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and spacecraft, manages ascent and entry  | Douglas G. Hurley, Demo-2[6] |
Joint Operations Commander  | Manages rendezvous, docking, and undocking with the ISS, and quiescent operations while docked  | Robert L. Behnken, Demo-2 | Position only used once during the Demo-2 mission.
Pilot  | Assist the Spacecraft Commander in maneuvering the capsule.  | Victor Glover, Crew-1 | Used on NASA contracted Crew Dragon flights starting with Crew-1.
Mission Specialist  | A NASA or affiliated astronaut with mission-specific duties.  | Soichi Noguchi, first Crew Dragon Mission Specialist,

Shannon Walker, Crew-1

| Used on NASA contracted Crew Dragon flights starting with Crew-1.
Artemis program
Commander  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and spacecraft.  | Reid Wiseman, Artemis 2 |
Pilot  |  | Victor Glover, Artemis 2 |
Mission Specialist  | A NASA or affiliated astronaut with mission-specific duties.  | Jeremy Hansen, Artemis 2 |
Mission Specialist  | A NASA or affiliated astronaut with mission-specific duties.  | Christina Koch, Artemis 2 |

## Roscosmos and Soviet space program ranks and positions

### Ranks

Cosmonauts are professional space travellers from Russia. After initial training, cosmonauts are assigned as either a test-cosmonaut (космонавт-испытатель, kosmonavt-ispytatel') or a research-cosmonaut (космонавт-исследователь, kosmonavt-issledovatel'). A test-cosmonaut has a more difficult preparation than a research-cosmonaut and can be the commander or the flight engineer of a spacecraft, while a research-cosmonaut cannot.[7]

Higher ranks include pilot-cosmonaut, test-cosmonaut instructor, and research-cosmonaut instructor.[7]

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation is a title that is presented to all cosmonauts who fly for the Russian space program.

### Positions

Position  | Duties  | Examples  | Comments

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Vostok
Pilot Cosmonaut  | Overall mission success  | Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space  | As a single-seat spacecraft, the cosmonaut who flew the Vostok missions were referred to simply as "Pilot Cosmonauts".
Voskhod
Commander  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and spacecraft  | Vladimir Komarov, commanded the first multi-person flight  |
Second Pilot  |  | Alexei Leonov, the first person to perform a spacewalk  |
Scientist Cosmonaut  |  | Konstantin Feoktistov, the first engineer in space  |
Doctor Cosmonaut  |  | Boris Yegorov, the first doctor in space  |
Soyuz
Commander  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and spacecraft  | Vladimir Dzhanibekov, commander of missions to Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 space stations  |
Flight Engineer  | One or two flight engineers per mission. Assist Commander and perform mission-specific duties  | Svetlana Savitskaya, the first female to perform a spacewalk  |
Spaceflight Participant  | No official duties  |

* Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space
* Dennis Tito, first fee-paying space tourist

| Term used for Soyuz passengers who are not part of the crew, and serves to distinguish tourists and other special travelers from the career astronauts.

## China National Space Administration positions

### Ranks

Similarly to NASA, members of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) hold one of two ranks. Astronaut Candidate is the rank of those training to be CNSA astronauts. The positions of Spacecraft Pilot, Flight Engineer, and Mission Payload Specialist were listed in the announcement for the Group 3 selection.[8]

Upon graduation, candidates are promoted to Astronaut.

### Positions

Position  | Duties  | Examples  | Comments

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Shenzhou
Commander (指挥长)  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and vehicle  | Yang Liwei, Shenzhou 5 (first crewed Shenzhou)  | TBA
Spacecraft Pilot  | TBA  | TBA  | TBA
Flight Engineer (操作手/飞行工程师)[9] | Overall mission success, science  | Nie Haisheng, Shenzhou 6 (first two-person Shenzhou)  | TBA
Orbital Module Astronaut  | Eva Crew Member  | Liu Boming (astronaut), Shenzhou 7 (first three-person Shenzhou)  | TBA
Descent module monitor astronaut  | Intravehicular Specialist of the Eva  | Jing Haipeng, Shenzhou 7 (first three-person Shenzhou)  | TBA
Operator  | PLACC Taikonauts who control the Shenzhou Spacecraft  | Chen Dong (astronaut), Shenzhou 11 | TBA
Systems Operator  | PLACC Taikonauts whose main responsibility is the System of both Shenzhou and Tiangong  | Tang Hongbo (astronaut), Shenzhou 12 |
Payload Specialist (载荷专家)[9] | Non-professional astronaut position responsible for scientific experiments and space exploration  | Gui Haichao (astronaut), Shenzhou 16 | TBA

## International Space Station positions

Position  | Duties  | Examples  | Comments

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Commander  | Overall mission success, safety of crew and Station.  | Peggy Whitson, first female commander  |
Flight Engineer  | Overall mission success, science  | Robert Thirsk, first Canadian astronaut to be part of an ISS expedition  |
Science Officer  | Primary responsibility for station's science experiments. A secondary position for an ISS Flight Engineer.  | Peggy Whitson, first science officer  | Position established in 2002 by NASA to reinforce science aspect of ISS.
Spaceflight Participant  | No formal duties.  | Anousheh Ansari, first female space tourist  | Term used for ISS visitors who are not part of the crew, and serves to distinguish tourists and other special travelers from the career astronauts.

## See also

* NASA Astronaut Groups – the phases of astronaut selection

## References

1. ↑ Joe Engle flew on STS-2 without prior NASA spaceflight experience, but had flown the X-15 into space and had participated in the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Astronauts | Career | Education | Pilot | Commander | Mission Specialist | NASA | Space Shuttle | Flight – Page 1". Kidzworld.com. http://www.kidzworld.com/article/3084-becoming-an-astronaut.
3. ↑ Bolden, Charles F. (2004-01-06). "Charles F. Bolden". NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project (Interview). Interviewed by Johnson, Sandra; Wright, Rebecca; Ross-Nazzal, Jennifer. Houston, Texas. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Astronauts | Career | Education | Pilot | Commander | Mission Specialist | NASA | Space Shuttle | Flight – Page 2". Kidzworld.com. 2008-10-07. http://www.kidzworld.com/article/3086-becoming-an-astronaut-pg-2.
5. ↑ "NASA – Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew". Nasa.gov. 2006-03-05. http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_michaela.html.
6. ↑ "Launch America: NASA, SpaceX to Launch First Astronauts to Space Station from U.S. Since 2011". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 McHale, Suzy. "RuSpace – Suzy's Russian space site". Suzymchale.com. http://suzymchale.com/ruspace/training.html.
8. ↑ Lei, Zhao. "18 picked for nation's 3rd generation of astronauts". China Daily. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202010/01/WS5f75405fa31024ad0ba7cf78.html.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 林芷瑩 (3 October 2022). "何謂載荷專家 在太空站要從事什麼工作？" (in zh-Hans-HK). https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/821406/港產太空.

## External links

* Shuttle Commander and Pilot definitions
* Shuttle PLC, MS, and PS definitions

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NASA

Policy and history|

| History|

* NACA (1915)
* National Aeronautics and Space Act (1958)
* Space Task Group (1958)
* Paine (1986)
* Rogers (1986)
* Ride (1987)
* Space Exploration Initiative (1989)
* Augustine (1990)
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* CFUSAI (2002)
* CAIB (2003)
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Current|

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Individual featured
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| Past|

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Future|

* Joint Polar Satellite System
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Communications
and navigation|

* Near Earth Network
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Related|

* Apollo 15 postal covers incident
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* Category

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Soviet and Russian government human spaceflight programs

Active|

* Soyuz
* ISS (joint)
* Russian Orbital Segment

In development|

* Orel

Past|

* Vostok
* Voskhod
* Salyut
* Almaz (incorporated into Salyut program) / TKS
* Apollo–Soyuz (joint)
* Mir
* Shuttle-Mir (joint)

Cancelled|

* Zond (7K-L1) (Moon flyby)
* N1-L3 (Moon landing)
* LK-700 (alternate Moon landing)
* Zvezda (moonbase)
* TMK (Mars/Venus flyby)
* Spiral
* Zvezda
* Energia / Buran
* Zarya
* MAKS
* Kliper
* LKS
* OPSEK

Related|

* List of Soyuz missions
* List of Soviet human spaceflight missions
* List of Russian human spaceflight missions
* Cosmonaut ranks and positions

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Soviet and Russian space program

* Roscosmos

Launch sites|

* Baikonur Cosmodrome (in Kazakhstan)
* Dombarovsky
* Kapustin Yar
* Plesetsk Cosmodrome
* Svobodny Cosmodrome (defunct)
* Vostochny Cosmodrome

Launch vehicles|

* Angara
* Proton
* Soyuz

Human spaceflight
programs|

| Past|

* Vostok
* Voskhod
* Salyut
* Almaz (incorporated into Salyut program) / TKS
* Soyuz-Apollo Test Project (joint)
* Mir
* Shuttle–Mir (joint)
* Energia / Buran

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Cancelled|

* Zond (7K-L1) (Moon flyby)
* Soviet crewed lunar programs (Moon landing)
* Zvezda (moonbase)
* TMK (Mars/Venus flyby)
* Spiral
* Zvezda
* Zarya
* MAKS
* Kliper

Active|

* International Space Station (joint)
* Russian Orbital Segment
* Soyuz

In development|

* Orel

Robotic
programs|

| Past|

* Sputnik
* Sputnik programme (1957–1960)
* DS (1960–1977)
* Prognoz (1972–1996)
* Luna programme (1959–1976)
* Venera (1961–1984)
* Zond program (1964–1970)
* Astron (1983)
* Vega program (1984)
* Granat (1989)
* Gamma (1990)
* Mars 96 (failed) (1996)
* Resurs-DK No.1 (2006)
* Koronas-Foton (2009)
* Fobos-Grunt (failed) (2011)
* Spektr-R (2011–2019)

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Active|

* Bion-M
* Elektro–L
* ExoMars (joint)
* Meteor-M
* Resurs-P
* Spektr-RG

In development|

* Luna-Glob
* Luna 25
* Luna 26
* Luna 27
* Luna 28
* Rosalind Franklin rover
* Spektr-UV

Communications|

* Luch (satellite)
* Soviet Deep Space Network

Concepts|

* Baikal-Angara
* Laplace-P
* Mars-Grunt
* Mercury-P
* OPSEK
* Spektr-M
* Venera-D

Images and artwork|

* Mission patches

Related|

* Cosmonaut ranks and positions
* Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation
* Soviet space exploration history on Soviet stamps
* Cosmonauts Alley
* Monument to the Conquerors of Space
* Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
* Soviet space dogs
* Laika
* Ivan Ivanovich

* See also: Space industry of Russia
* Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

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Soyuz human spaceflight programme

* List of Soyuz missions
* List of Soviet human spaceflight missions
* List of Russian human spaceflight missions

Main topics|

* Soyuz (rocket family)
* Soyuz (spacecraft)
* Baikonur Cosmodrome
* Site 1/5
* Site 31/6
* Soyuz abort modes
* Cosmonaut ranks and positions

Past missions
(by spacecraft type)|

| Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)|

* Kosmos 133†
* Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† (uncrewed)
* Kosmos 140
* Soyuz 1†
* Kosmos 186
* 188
* 212
* 213
* 238
* Soyuz 2 (uncrewed)
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9

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Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970)
(Zond lunar programme)|

* Kosmos 146
* 154†
* Zond 1967A†
* 1967B†
* Zond 4
* 1968A†
* 1968B†
* 5
* 6
* 1969A†
* Zond-M 1†
* M 2†
* Zond 7
* 8
* 9
* 10

Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)|

* Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1†
* Kosmos 382

Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)|

* Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1†
* No.2†

Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)|

* Soyuz 10†
* 11†

Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)|

* Kosmos 496
* 573
* Soyuz 12
* Kosmos 613
* Soyuz 13
* Kosmos 656
* Soyuz 14
* 15†
* 17
* 18a†
* 18
* 20 (uncrewed)
* 21
* 23†
* 24
* 25†
* 26
* 27
* 28
* 29
* 30
* 31
* 32 (uncrewed landing)
* 33†
* 34 (uncrewed launch)
* 35
* 36
* 37
* 38
* 39
* 40

Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)|

* Kosmos 638
* 672
* Soyuz 16
* 19 (Apollo–Soyuz Test Project)
* 22

Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)|

* Kosmos 670
* 772†
* 869†

Soyuz-T (1978–1986)|

* Kosmos 1001†
* 1074
* Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed)
* T-2
* T-3
* T-4
* T-5
* T-6
* T-7
* T-8†
* T-9
* T-10a†
* T-10
* T-11
* T-12
* T-13
* T-14
* T-15

Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)|

* Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed)
* TM-2
* TM-3
* TM-4
* TM-5
* TM-6
* TM-7
* TM-8
* TM-9
* TM-10
* TM-11
* TM-12
* TM-13
* TM-14
* TM-15
* TM-16
* TM-17
* TM-18
* TM-19
* TM-20
* TM-21
* TM-22
* TM-23
* TM-24
* TM-25
* TM-26
* TM-27
* TM-28
* TM-29
* TM-30
* TM-31
* TM-32
* TM-33
* TM-34

Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)|

* Soyuz TMA-1
* TMA-2
* TMA-3
* TMA-4
* TMA-5
* TMA-6
* TMA-7
* TMA-8
* TMA-9
* TMA-10
* TMA-11
* TMA-12
* TMA-13
* TMA-14
* TMA-15
* TMA-16
* TMA-17
* TMA-18
* TMA-19
* TMA-20
* TMA-21
* TMA-22

Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)|

* Soyuz TMA-01M
* TMA-02M
* TMA-03M
* TMA-04M
* TMA-05M
* TMA-06M
* TMA-07M
* TMA-08M
* TMA-09M
* TMA-10M
* TMA-11M
* TMA-12M
* TMA-13M
* TMA-14M
* TMA-15M
* TMA-16M
* TMA-17M
* TMA-18M
* TMA-19M
* TMA-20M

Soyuz MS (2016–present)|

* Soyuz MS-01
* MS-02
* MS-03
* MS-04
* MS-05
* MS-06
* MS-07
* MS-08
* MS-09
* MS-10†
* MS-11
* MS-12
* MS-14 (uncrewed test flight)

Current missions|

* Soyuz MS-13
* MS-15

Future missions|

* 2020
* Soyuz MS-16
* MS-17

Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)".
The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions.

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Chinese space program

* China National Space Administration (CNSA)

| Spaceports and landing sites|

* Jiuquan
* Taiyuan
* Wenchang
* Xichang
* Siziwang Banner (landing site)

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Launch vehicles|

* Long March 2
* Long March 3
* Long March 4
* Long March 5
* Long March 6
* Long March 7
* Long March 11
* Kuaizhou
* Kaituozhe

Exploration programs|

* Shuguang (cancelled)
* Shenzhou (human spaceflight)
* Chang'e (lunar exploration)
* Tiangong (space station)

Projects and missions

Science|

| Planetary science|

* Chang'e 1 (2007–09)
* Chang'e 2 (2010–present)
* Yinghuo 1† (2011)
* Chang'e 3 (2013–present)
* Chang'e 5-T1 (2014–present)
* Yutu (2013–2016)
* Chang'e 4 (2018-present)
* Yutu-2 (2018-present)
* Chang'e 5 (2020)
* Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter and Small Rover (2020)
* ZhengHe (2024)

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Astronomy and
cosmology

* DAMPE (2015–present)
* HXMT (2017–present)
* GECAM (2020)
* SVOM (2021)
* EP (2021)
* ASO-S (2022)
* Xuntian (2022)
* Space Solar Telescope

Earth observation|

* CSES (2018–present)
* Double Star (2003–07)
* Gaofen (2013–present)
* HY
* TanSat (2016–present)
* Yaogan (2006–present)
* Ziyuan (CBERS) (1999–present)
* SMILE (2023)

Human spaceflight|

| Crewed expeditions|

* List of Chinese astronauts
* Shenzhou 5
* Shenzhou 6
* Shenzhou 7
* Shenzhou 9
* Shenzhou 10
* Shenzhou 11

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Space laboratories and cargos|

* Tiangong 1 (2011–18)
* Tiangong 2 (2016–19)
* Tianzhou 1 (2017)

Chinese space station|

* Tianhe (2021)
* Wentian (2021)
* Mengtian (2022)

Navigation|

* BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)

Telecommunications|

* Tianlian I (2008–present)
* ChinaSat 9 (2009–present)
* Apstar 6C (2018–present)
* Tianlian 2 (2019–present)

Technology
demonstrators

* FSW Program (1969–2006)
* QUESS (2016–present)
* XPNAV 1 (2016–present)

* Future missions marked in italics, failed missions marked with † sign

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