Chinese astronauts return to Earth after country’s longest-ever crewed mission

China Daily via Reuters

Posted at Sep 18 2021 03:05 PM

Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (R) and Tang Hongbo wave in front of their return capsule after their return to Earth following the Shenzhou-12 mission to assemble China’s space station, in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on Friday. The capsule carrying the trio deployed its parachute and landed in the Gobi desert at 1:34 pm local time (0534 GMT) as the astronauts returned to Earth after completing the country’s longest-ever crewed mission, the latest landmark in Beijing’s drive to become a major space power.

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