Shenzhou 13 Astronauts Return to Earth After 6 months on China’s Space Station
Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth aboard the Shenzhou 13 capsule on April 16, 2022, after spending 182 days in orbit aboard China’s Tiangong space station. Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu were all in good shape after landing in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. They were on China’s eighth manned space mission and longest to date for the nation.
Wang Yaping is China's second female astronaut or taikonaut. On November 7, 2021, Wang Yaping became China's first female spacewalker. Wang became China's second female spacefarer as a member of the Shenzhou 10 spaceship crew when it orbited the Earth in June 2013.
Tiangong is a space station being constructed by China in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface. Being China's first long-term space station, it is the goal of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program. Once completed, Tiangong will have a mass of nearly 100 metric tonnes 100 t (220,000 lb), roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station. It is hoped that the research conducted on the station will improve researchers' ability to conduct science experiments in space.
A telescope will also be sent into space to fly in the same orbit as the space station to provide observation data for astronomical and physical studies.
Credit: South China Morning Post (SCMP)
Duration: 2 minutes, 19 seconds
Release Date: April 18, 2022
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