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China’s Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew returns to Earth

By Thomson Reuters May 29, 2026 | 8:07 AM

BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) – China’s Shenzhou-21 ​crew of ‌three astronauts returned to Earth ‌on ​Friday ⁠after nearly seven ⁠months in space and were in ​good health, ⁠state ⁠media reported.

The ​mission launched ​on October 31, when ‌the spacecraft lifted off ⁠atop a Long March-2F rocket ⁠from the ‌Jiuquan ⁠Satellite ​Launch ‌Center in ​northwest China.

(Reporting ⁠by Shi Bu, Yukun Zhang and Liz ​Lee)