BEIJING (AP) – Three Chinese astronauts fell on Earth on Wednesday Six months later At the space station in China.
The landing unit in the crew slowly fell after the separation from the return vehicle, which descends on the red and white umbrella, in Dongfang, in the North Chinese internal Mongolia region on the edge of the Jobi Desert. Their return for one day due to strong winds and low vision. The area is subject to sandstorms at this time of the year.
Space pioneers, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were launched to Tiangong Space Station in October, and they delivered control of the station on Tuesday to New crew He recently arrived to replace them.
Shenzhou 20, which brought the new crew also carrying space science equipment, small gravitational physics and new satellite technology.
The Tiangong station, or the “heavenly palace”, made China a major player in a new era of space exploration and the use of permanent stations to conduct space experiments, especially as it was fully designed from the Chinese after excluding the country from the International Space Station on US National Security Fears.
The Chinese space program is controlled by the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch of the ruling Communist Party.
The three Chinese astronauts conducted experiments and improvements on the space station during their time in space. The China Space Agency said that two astronauts, Kay and a song, conducted a nine -hour spacecraft, the longest in the world, during their mission.
The country’s space program has grown quickly in recent years. Its space agency An explorer landed on Mars And Rover on the other side of the moon. Aim To put a person on the moon Before 2030.
