When will Shenzhou XV return to Earth?

It is planned to return to the ground in June this year.

This mission is the sixth mission of the manned spaceflight project this year, and it is also the last mission in the construction stage of the space station. The astronauts will work and live in orbit in groups for six months.

The main purpose of the mission is: to verify the space station's ability to support crew rotation and realize the first on-orbit rotation of astronauts; Carry out installation and debugging of equipment inside and outside the space station and facilities related to space application tasks, and conduct space science experiments and technical experiments; Carry out daily maintenance of the space station; Verify the normal operation mode of the space station three-cabin assembly.

introduction and launch of shenzhou XV:

1. introduction:

shenzhou XV (hereinafter referred to as shenzhou XV) is the 15th mission of China's "shenzhou XV" series spacecraft and the 1th manned mission of China's manned spaceflight project. Shenzhou XIV completed the first time that two shenzhou spaceship docked at Tiangong Space Station at the same time, and two groups of six astronauts rotated in orbit at the same time.

2. Launch:

On the morning of November 28th, at the press conference of Shenzhou XV manned mission held at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Ji Qiming, spokesman of China Manned Space Engineering and assistant director of China Manned Space Engineering Office, announced that the mission headquarters had decided to launch the Shenzhou XV manned spacecraft at 23: 8 Beijing time on November 29th.

It was in winter when the launch took place. On that day, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center ushered in a very low temperature, and the temperature was close to -2℃ when it was launched. This is the second time that Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has carried out a spacecraft launch mission in winter cold weather after the Shenzhou IV launch mission, and it is also the first time that a manned mission has been carried out under such meteorological conditions.