
Chinese astronaut Chen Dong, Shenzhou-14 commander, waves to people after exiting the Shenzhou-14 capsule that landed in the Dongfeng landing site in North China’s Inner Mongolia last night. Chen, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, the three Shenzhou-14 taikonauts who were sent to space in early June for a six-month mission to help build China’s Tiangong space station, returned to Earth yesterday after having completed all their scheduled tasks. They welcomed the Shenzhou-15 crew members at the “space home” Wednesday and handed over the control of the space station to the Shenzhou-15 crew Friday, completing the country’s first in-orbit crew rotation, according to the China Manned Space Agency.Xinhua |