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Shenzhou-10 Three Astronauts Come Back Home From the Cabin

6-26-2013(6)

On the morning of June 26th, manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10's re-entry capsule successfully landed at the main landing site in Central Grassland of Inner Mongolia. Three astronauts left the cabin very healthy (Sun zifa)

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Chinanews.com reports on June 26 at Siziwang Qi, Inner Mongolia (Reporter: Sun Zifa) Beijing time at 9:41 on June 26th, three astronauts of the flying group in Shenzhou ten, Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang, and Wang Yaping, end their 15 days of space travel in the main landing site in central Inner Mongolia Prairie, leave the cabin from the spacecraft re-entry capsule in healthy condition, and come back home in Earth from planet in space.

During these three astronauts' space journey in "Shenzhou Ten", they successfully enter and be stationed in Tiangong One, achieve the cross docking of automatic and manual between Tiangong one and spaceship, accomplish the China's first space classes, China's first spacecraft intersection test of flying around, aerospace medical experiments, technical testing, and a series of space activities. They successfully complete China's first applied missions of manned Space Engineering transportation system.

After 15 days of space flight, these three astronauts come back "home" in good health and spirit condition. Among them, the task Commander of "Shenzhou Ten", Nie Haisheng accomplishes his second time of flying to the space and becomes the flight astronauts with the longest time of space flight in China. Yaping, as the generation after 80s, is the second female astronaut in China. She becomes China's first "teacher in space."

It is reported that, after three astronauts of "Shenzhou ten" leave the cabin and change the clothes, they will have a medical examination, have a rest, and enjoy the first meal after returning to the ground. Then, they will be sent to the transit airport and fly back to Beijing by a special plane. 

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