Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space station. A parachute slowed their capsule’s nighttime descent on Monday to a remote landing area in China’s Inner Mongolia region. The crew emerged after touching down at 1:24 a.m.
FILE -Chinese astronauts for the Shenzhou-18 mission, from right, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu wave as they attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China , April 25, 2024. emerged after touching down at 1:24 a.m. A Chinese national flag stuck in the ground near the capsule flapped in the wind.
The Tiangong space station, which was completed two years ago, is part of China’s efforts to be a global leader in space exploration. In recent years, the country’s space program hasfrom the moon and landed a rover on Mars. It aims to put a person on the moon by 2030, which would make it the second nation after the United States to do so.last week for the latest six-month mission.
A space agency official said in April that Tiangong has maneuvered several times to avoid debris and had partially lost power when the solar wing’s power cables were hit by debris, according to a report from the official Xinhua News Agency.China says it’s ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday
China is among the countries that have created space debris, including the reported break-up of a rocket stage in August during the launch of the first 18 satellites for a planned communications network similar to Starlink.Only Chinese astronauts have gone to the space station so far, but a space agency spokesperson said last week that China is in discussions to select and train astronauts from other nations to join the missions, Xinhua reported.
Astronauts from several nations have traveled to the International Space Station, but China is blocked from that program mainly because of U.S. concerns over the military’s involvement in China’s space program.
Space Exploration General News Asia Asia Pacific World News Science China
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
How life began on earth: modeling Earth's ancient atmosphereThis model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.
Read more »
China’s Reusable Satellite Returns to Earth After Experimenting With Crop Mutations in SpaceThe Shijian-19 satellite carried seeds to orbit, exposing them to the microgravity environment to test plant mutation in space.
Read more »
China's Shenzhou 18 astronauts return to Earth today after 6 months in spaceAndrew is a freelance space journalist with a focus on reporting on China's rapidly growing space sector. He began writing for Space.com in 2019 and writes for SpaceNews, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist and others.
Read more »
Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists DiscoverScience and Technology News and Videos
Read more »
Jon Schaffer, Iced Earth Guitarist and Jan. 6 Insurrectionist, Sentenced to Three Years ProbationJon Schaffer, the Iced Earth guitarist who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection in support of Donald Trump, has been sentenced.
Read more »
China Sept rare earth exports curbed by rising domestic demand, pricesNo 1 source of global mining news and opinion
Read more »