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Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Tuesday after five months in orbit at the country’s space station, state media reported. Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao touched down at China’s Dongfeng landing site at 8:11 am (0011 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV. Footage showed their return capsule parachuting down into the barren Gobi Desert, kicking up a cloud of orange dust as it hit the ground. “On-site medical supervision and insurance […]
(CCTV) — Two Chinese astronauts have entered space lab Tiangong-2 from the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft. Shenzhou-11 succeeded in docking with Tiangong-2 through a remote-controlled automatic operation early Wednesday. After the successful docking, two male astronauts, 49-year-old Jing Haipeng and 37-year-old Chen Dong, entered the orbital module of Shenzhou-11 from its re-entry module and finally entered the space lab. They will now begin a month-long stay there, during which they will conduct a series of experiments. […]
