As of June 2021, Shenzhou spacecraft series I*** is from the first to the twelfth.

The Shenzhou spacecraft is China's self-developed spacecraft with completely independent intellectual property rights, which is up to or better than the international third-generation manned spacecraft technology. The Shenzhou spacecraft is a three-compartment segment, i.e., it is composed of a return module, an orbital module, a propulsion module and an additional segment, and consists of 13 sub-systems. Compared with foreign third-generation airships, Shenzhou has a high starting point and the ability to stay in orbit and utilize it.

The Shenzhou series of manned spacecraft are launched by Long March 2F rockets specially developed for the purpose, with the launch base at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and the recovery site at the Siziwangqi Space Landing Ground in Ulanchab, central Inner Mongolia. As of April 24, 2019, the Shenzhou spacecraft and Tianzhou spacecraft are undergoing group batch production of positive (test) sample products.

Shenzhou V Launch:

The successful launch of Shenzhou V this time marks China's becoming the third country after the former Soviet Union (Russia) and the United States to independently master manned spaceflight technology.

The Shenzhou V manned spacecraft is the first manned space vehicle launched by China. It was launched at 9:00 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2003, sending astronaut Yang Liwei into space, and returned at 6:23 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2003.

Carrying items: In addition to Yang Liwei, the first person to fly in the sky in China, the return capsule of the Shenzhou V manned spacecraft also carried a Chinese national flag with special significance, a flag with the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, a United Nations flag, a sample of the main currency of the People's Republic of China (RMB), and commemorative stamps for China's first manned spaceflight, China's first manned space flight commemorative stamps, commemorative covers of China's manned space program and crop seeds from the motherland island of Taiwan.