BEIJING: Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after their original landing was postponed due to space debris striking their spacecraft last week. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) revealed that “tiny cracks” had been discovered in a window of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule, which did not meet safety standards for crewed re-entry. Read […]
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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 […]