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Commander-in-chief announces Shenzhou-10 mission a success

Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Zhang Youxia announced that the Shenzhou-10 mission was successful after the three crewmembers landed safely and left the spacecraft's reentry module Wednesday morning.
Nie Haisheng, commander of the Shenzhou-10 space mission, first successfully came out of the spacecraft's reentry module at around 9:30am (Beijing Time) Wednesday after a 15-day stay in low earth orbit.
Upon his safe return, Nie also sets a record of stay in space for Chinese astronauts with more than 470 hours in two missions.
The Shenzhou-10 space mission's female crewmember Wang Yaping left the spacecraft's reentry module at 9:36am Wednesday following the mission commander Nie Haisheng.
During the mission, Wang successfully conducted a 40-minute space lecture in orbit for millions of Chinese students on Earth with assistance of astronauts Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang.
Return capsule of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft touched down successfully at around 8:07am at the main landing area in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.



 

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