Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth today after six months on the national space station Tiangong, local media reported.
The capsule with three people, including Wang Haoze, the third Chinese woman in space, landed after 13.00:5.00 p.m. local time (XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. Central European Time) in northern China, the Xinhua news agency reported.
This marks the end of the Shenzhou-19 mission. China postponed the crew's return, originally scheduled for Tuesday, due to poor weather conditions on the ground.
China has invested billions of euros in its space program to catch up with the United States and Russia. The country hopes to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2030 and build a lunar base.
The astronauts of the Shenzhou-19 mission have been on the space station since October. There, they conducted numerous experiments, contributed to the maintenance of Tiangong, and set a new record for the longest spacewalk in history (more than nine hours).
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