China In Space: Three Chinese astronauts return safely to Earth after spending 6 months in space, move towards ISS – three Chinese astronauts return safely from space after spending 6 months

all astronauts healthy
The SUMSA announced that Junlong, Qingming and Lu completed a six-month space station mission. The agency announced that the health of the astronauts is fine and the ‘Shenzhou-15’ manned mission was successful. Earlier, on May 30, three astronauts, including a civilian, were sent to the Chinese space station to replace Junlong, Qingming and Lu. This new team of astronauts will remain in the space station for five months.

China will be the only country with ISS
If this station is ready, China will be the only country to have its own space station as Russia’s ‘International Space Station’ (ISS) is a collaborative project of many countries. The ISS will be out of service by 2030. The biggest feature of China’s space station is its two robotic arms. Of these, the longer arm is more important, which can capture objects including satellites from space.

multi billion dollar investment
Mission Commander Fei said, “We have completed all the assigned tasks. We feel great to be back in our motherland.” The world’s second largest economy has invested billions of dollars in projects in an effort to catch up with the US and Russia in the space programme. China aims to send a crew to the Moon by 2030 and plans to build a base on the lunar surface.