China's Shenzhou-19 astronauts return to earth
The Hindu
China's space program advances with astronauts returning from space station, aiming to become a major celestial power.
Three Chinese astronauts returned to earth on April 30 after six months on the country's space station, state media footage showed, as Beijing advances towards its aim to become a major celestial power.
China has ploughed billions of dollars into its space programme in recent years in an effort to achieve what President Xi Jinping describes as the country's "space dream".
The world's second-largest economy has bold plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by the end of the decade and eventually build a base on the lunar surface.
Its latest launch last week ferried a trio of astronauts to the Tiangong space station, heralding the start of the Shenzhou-20 mission.
They have taken over from Shenzhou-19 crew Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, whose landing capsule touched down in the northern Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday.
Shortly after the landing, the Xinhua state news agency said the mission was a "complete success", adding that the trio were in "good health".
Pictures from state broadcaster CCTV showed the capsule, attached to a red-and-white striped parachute, descending through an azure sky before hitting the ground in a cloud of brown desert dust.
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