Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth After Being Stuck in Space
The three Chinese astronauts during a send-off ceremony at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China.
Photographer: Jiang Jurong/VCG/VCGPIX/Getty Images
Three Chinese astronauts who were stuck in space after debris crashed into their spacecraft have returned to Earth.
The Shenzhou-20 crew successfully landed in Inner Mongolia at 4:40pm local time on Friday, state broadcaster China Central Television reported. The astronauts are in good physical condition and used the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft — the vehicle that had transported their replacements to the Tiangong space station — to make their return, it said.