A group of Chinese astronauts will have to wait a little longer for their return home from space. The mission to bring Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie back to Earth from China's Tiangong space ...

On November 5, 2025, the Shenzhou 20 astronauts were set to depart from the Tiangong space station, but an unexpected ...

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft docked on Tiangong space station to Earth without crew ...

Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said. Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and ...

Recovery crews extracting Shenzhou-20 commander Chen Dong from the Shenzhou-21 return module in Inner Mongolia, Nov. 14, 2025. Credit: CCTV/BACC HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts have safely ...

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three Chinese astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed by space debris hitting their vessel last week landed in China on Friday afternoon, according to state ...

Tiny chunks of space debris are believed to have struck the return vehicle of a Chinese crew of astronauts who were due to return to Earth following a mission at the nation's Tiangong space station.

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after being stranded for nine days on the Tiangong space station. Their original return vehicle, the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, was damaged by space debris, ...

The three astronauts had just completed a six-month mission when their return trip was delayed Xinhua/Shutterstock Three Chinese astronauts have had their return to Earth delayed, believing their ...

A group of Chinese astronauts have delayed their return to Earth out of concern that their spaceship was hit by debris. The three astronauts — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — were due to ...