Chinese astronauts return to earth after six months in space
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Shenzhou-17 spacecraft returned to Earth Tuesday, carrying three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country’s orbiting space station.
The three, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, landed at the Dongfeng site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the Gobi desert shortly before 6:00 p.m. (1000 GMT). It comes roughly four days after the Shenzhou-18 mission docked with the station with their three-member replacement crew onboard.
China built its own space station after being excluded from the International Space Station, largely because of U.S. concerns over the Chinese military’s total control of the space program amid a sharpening competition in technology between the two geopolitical rivals. This year, the Chinese station is slated for two cargo spacecraft missions and two manned spaceflight missions.
Related articles
Siblings trying to make US water polo teams for Paris Olympics
WALNUT, Calif. (AP) — Chase Dodd started swimming when he was just a kid. Once he began playing wate2024-05-21Arizona Cardinals agree to terms on 1
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals agreed to terms on Friday on a one-year deal with receiver2024-05-21North Korean leader Kim supervises latest test of new multiple rocket launcher
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test firing of a new mu2024-05-21All aboard the Rita Ora show! Singer is showered with kisses by husband Taika Waititi
Rita Ora's husband Taika Waititi has become her biggest supporting act despite his own personal succ2024-05-21Devout Christian doctor, 68, who punched dementia
An 'arrogant' doctor who punched a vulnerable patient for making a racist comment and spitting at hi2024-05-21Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary gr2024-05-21
atest comment