The crew of the Tiangun space station (heavenly palace) created by China in the near-Earth orbit, completed his 5-month mission and returned to Earth.
According to the statement of the Chinese agency of manned space programs (CMSA), the Sinjou-17 space capsule with the crew of Tan Hongbo, Tan Xinjze and Tsyan Sinlin landed on the Dunfin field in the Gobi desert.
The agency stated that the crew members who spent 156 days in a near -Earth orbit are in satisfactory condition.
The team went into space on October 26, 2023 on the Sintzhou-17 spacecraft, became the sixth group of crew members sent to the Tiangun space station.
The station management was transferred to the new crew formed from the crew members of Yi Guangfu, Lee Kong and Lee Guang, who were sent to the station on April 25 on Signzhou-18 shuttle.
– Chinese space station “Tiangun”
China in connection with the ban on the United States to cooperate in the field of space exploration and blocking participation in the program of the International Space Station (ISS) built its own space station in orbit.
Station “Tiangun” (heavenly palace), consisting of the main module, two laboratory modules and a space telescope, was built according to the model of the world that is not existing Russian space station “Mir”.
The main module called “Tigna” (heavenly harmony), which is the main part of the station, was launched on April 29, 2021, the first laboratory module “Vincen” (in search of heaven) on July 24, 2022, and the second laboratory module “Myngtien” (Dreaming of heaven) October 31, 2022.
with the addition of laboratory modules to the main module, the installation of the main frame in the form of the letter “T” was completed, and the station moved to the “phase of application and development”.
The space telescope called “Shuntyan” (journey through heaven) is also planned to be added to the station as a separate module.
The crew of the astronauts of three people is rotated at the station where the staff is delivered by the Sintzhou shutters (the Holy Ship), and the cargo with the shuttle of Tienjou (heavenly ship).