China's Space Station 'Tiangong' Launched into Space for Construction
Health Status Good... CMSA Successfully Completes Manned Flight Mission
Astronauts who went to space on November 29 last year to build China's independent space station 'Tiangong' returned on the 4th. It has been 186 days since they were launched on the 'Changzheng-2F Yao-15' rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province.
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced that the return capsule carrying three astronauts, Fei Junlong, Zhang Lu, and Deng Qingming, successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia at around 6:33 a.m. that day.
China Central Television (CCTV) reported live the landing process of the return capsule, stating that the astronauts are in good health. The astronauts exited the return capsule one by one and expressed that they felt very good about the landing.
These three astronauts departed for space in November last year and stayed in space. They carried out verification missions for long-term residence in the space station. Additionally, they conducted various experiments in space science research and applications, space medicine, and space technology, and performed four spacewalks.
CMSA announced plans to land astronauts on the Moon before 2030 and to add a fourth module to the space station.
Both NASA and CMSA are monitoring potential landing sites near the Moon's south pole. This area is where ice and other resources necessary for lunar settlement and exploration can be obtained.
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