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Chinese government broadcaster Xinhua stated that the three astronauts are in good health and described the mission as a success.
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Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Monday after a six-month stay on Earth. Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-18 crew, composed of astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu, landed at 1:24 in the morning in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. The Chinese government broadcaster Xinhua said that the three astronauts are in good health and described the mission as a success.
The astronauts performed dozens of experiments on space medicine, basic physics and space life sciences during their time in space, según Xinhua. The astronauts return after receiving last week to a replacement crew of three for another six-month stay.
The new team, made up of one woman and two men, will carry out experiments, conduct spacewalks and install equipment to protect the station from space debris. Tiangong Space Station It was completed two years ago and orbits the Earth. China is blocked in the program International Space Stationwhere astronauts from other nations travel, due to the United States’ concern about the involvement of the military in the country’s space program.
The Chinese space station has only seen Chinese astronauts so farbut a spokesperson for the space agency said they are in talks to select and train astronauts from other nations, Chinese government broadcaster Xinhua reported. The missions to its space station fit into the broader aspirations of China to become leader in space scientific research by 2050 and to put a person on the Moon by 2030.
