Three astronauts staying at China's own space station returned to Earth on the morning of the 16th after completing a six-month mission.
It is said that a great momentum has been gained toward the completion of the space station aiming for the middle of this year.
Returning to Earth are three male and female astronauts staying at a space station under construction by China.
On the morning of the 16th, the state-owned China Central Television broadcast a live broadcast of the return capsule carrying three people landing in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the inland area.
Last October, the three of them headed for the space station under construction on the spacecraft "Shenzhou 13" and stayed for the longest time as a Chinese astronaut for about half a year, conducting extravehicular activities and technical verification. That is.
The state media says that this mission has completed the verification of important technical aspects and has given a great momentum toward the completion of the space station aiming for the inside.
On the 12th of this month, President Xi Jinping will visit the satellite launch center in the southern part of Hainan Island and instruct him to carefully prepare the space station in anticipation of the Communist Party Congress scheduled for the second half of this year.
It seems that the Xi Guidance Department wants to link the completion of the space station to the rise of national prestige as the space race is accelerating internationally, such as the United States also showing plans to land on the moon.