Three astronauts who stayed for the first time at a space station that China is constructing independently returned to Earth on the afternoon of the 17th.
China will continue to launch manned spacecraft and cargo ships with the aim of completing the space station next year.
According to the state-run China Central Television, on the afternoon of the 17th, a return capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts rushed into the atmosphere, then opened a parachute in the sky and fell while decelerating to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the inland area. Landed.
The three astronauts are in good health.
In June, the three of them took the spacecraft "Shenzhou 12" to a space station that China has built independently, and during their three-month stay, they had two extravehicular activities and a long-term stay. It means that the necessary technical experiments were conducted.
Tiangong, the core facility of China's space station, was launched in April, and this is the first time that astronauts have stayed there.
China will continue to launch manned spacecraft and cargo ships with the goal of completing it next year.
Last year, China, which aims to become a "space powerhouse," collected lunar rocks with an unmanned lunar surface probe and brought them back to Earth. I'm accelerating.