Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Friday after their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was damaged by space debris. The vessel developed tiny cracks in its return capsule, delaying the crew’s homecoming by nine days. They landed at the Dongfeng site in Inner Mongolia, completing a six-month mission aboard China’s Tiangong space station. The China Manned […]
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China’s youngest astronaut joins Tiangong space station crew
BEIJING: A crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country’s youngest-ever spacefarer, successfully docked with the Tiangong space station early Saturday, marking another milestone in China’s expanding space ambitions. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft docked with Tiangong at 3:22 a.m. (1922 GMT Friday) — about three and a half hours after lifting […]