Chinese Astronauts Complete Country's Longest 3-Month Space Mission
NDTV
The mission was part of China's heavily promoted space programme, which has already seen the nation land a rover on Mars and send probes to the moon.
Three Chinese astronauts have completed the country's longest crewed mission and started their journey home on Thursday after 90 days at the Tiangong space station conducting spacewalks and scientific experiments.
"The Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft has successfully separated from the space station's core module," state broadcaster CCTV said Thursday.
The mission was part of China's heavily promoted space programme, which has already seen the nation land a rover on Mars and send probes to the moon.
The craft carrying the three taikonauts is expected to return to earth on Friday, state-run China Aerospace news reported.
