Chinese Astronauts Return To Earth After Countrys Longest-Ever Space Mission

Admin 18-Nov-2016 17:52:23 Inothernews

Two Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely on Friday after completing China's longest-ever manned space mission as the country firmed up its plans to establish its permanent space station by 2022.

Zhang Youxia, commander-in-chief of China's manned space programme, announced that the Shenzhou-11 mission, which lasted over a month, was a "complete success".

Two Chinese #astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday afternoon after completing their 33-day space journey pic.twitter.com/aeczODZQE4
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) November 18, 2016