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After five months on board the Chinese space station, three astronauts have returned to Earth. The return capsule of the Shenzhou 16 (Magic Ship) spacecraft was slowed by a large parachute and landed near the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in the Gobi Desert on Tuesday, as seen live on state television.

Astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Gui Haichao and Commander Jing Haipeng were launched into space on May 30. Before returning to Earth, a new three-person crew left for the space station “Tiangong” (Sky Palace) on the spacecraft “Shenzhou 17” last Thursday. It was the second crew change since the station became fully operational at the beginning of this year.

The commander of the new mission is Tang Hongbo (48), a space veteran who returned to Earth more than two years ago with the ‘Shenzhou 12’ mission after a three-month stay in space. Tang Shengjie (33) and Jiang Xinlin (35) fly into space with him for the first time. In terms of average age, it is the youngest crew that China has sent into space to date.

China continues to develop its space program. Just like the US, the Chinese also want to send people to the moon again. The People’s Republic’s first manned lunar mission is planned for 2030. (saw/sda/dpa)