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China's Shenzhou-14 crew returns home after six months in space station

2022-12-05 09:22:48       source:CGTN

December 4, 2022


China's Shenzhou-14 astronauts, or taikonauts, Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, returned to Earth safely on Sunday evening after a six-month mission in the country's orbiting space station.


The re-entry capsule carrying the trio touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 8:09 p.m. Beijing Time after a journey of about nine hours. 


China declared the Shenzhou-14 mission a complete success after the medical team waiting on site confirmed that all three taikonauts were in good health.


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