A capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts has landed safely after a 15-day mission in space. The astronauts travelled on the Shenzhou-10 craft to China's space laboratory, the Tiangong-1. They completed manual docking exercises and astronaut Wang Yaping gave a video lecture to students back on Earth. The Shenzhou-10 is China's fifth manned space mission and
came 10 years after China first sent an astronaut into space. State TV showed the capsule touching down in grassland in the Inner Mongolia region at around 08:07 local time (00:07 GMT). The mission control centre burst into applause after the crew were reported to be safe and well, reports said. Source: SAM Daily Times
came 10 years after China first sent an astronaut into space. State TV showed the capsule touching down in grassland in the Inner Mongolia region at around 08:07 local time (00:07 GMT). The mission control centre burst into applause after the crew were reported to be safe and well, reports said. Source: SAM Daily Times
