Chinese astronauts land on Earth after China’s longest crewed space mission
Shanghai, ChinaReuters Three Chinese astronauts returned to earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, state television reported, completing the country’s longest crewed space mission to date. The astronauts landed nine hours after they left a key module of China’s first space station. Rescue workers carry Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang out of a return capsule […]
Chinese astronauts board space station module in historic mission
Jiuquan, ChinaReuters Three Chinese astronauts this week flew to an unfinished space station in China’s first crewed mission since 2016, expanding the country’s already growing near-Earth presence and challenging US leadership in orbital space. The astronauts rode to Tianhe – the module that will be the living quarters of China’s completed space station – on […]