China's Shenzhou XIV astronauts to return to Earth on Sunday (Dec 4) after six-month stint


The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou XV spaceship meet with another astronaut trio on Nov 30, 2022. - Xinhua

BEIJING, Dec 3 (China Daily/ANN): The Shenzhou XIV mission crew is scheduled to return to Earth on Sunday (Dec 4) after a six-month stay inside the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

The agency said on Saturday morning that the Shenzhou XIV astronauts -- Senior Colonel Chen Dong, Senior Colonel Liu Yang and Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe -- handed over on Friday evening the control of the Tiangong station to their peers in the Shenzhou XV -- Major General Fei Junlong, Senior Colonel Deng Qingming and Senior Colonel Zhang Lu, who arrived on the massive orbiting outpost on Wednesday.

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