1、神舟十三号返回舱成功着陆Crew members of the Shenzhou XIII mission return to EarthAfter orbiting Earth for six months, the three crew members of Chinas Shenzhou XIII mission departed from the Tiangong space station and returned to the mother planet on Saturday morning, finishing the nations longest manned spacef
2、light.Major General Zhai Zhigang, who was the mission commander, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu breathed fresh air for the first time after the half-year space journey as ground recovery personnel opened the hatch of their reentry capsule at 10:03 am.The capsule touched dow
3、n on Earth at the Dongfeng Landing Site in northwestern Chinas Gobi Desert at 9:56 am after flying nine hours in a reentry trajectory.They were then carried out one by one by ground workers and placed onto chairs in front of the capsule.I am feeling very good. We want to report to the motherland and
4、 the people that we have successfully completed the Shenzhou XIII mission. We wish to thank President Xi for his care and attention. We thank all the Chinese people for their support and encouragement. Our gratitude also goes to all of those involved in our mission who accompanied us day and night,
5、Zhai, the mission commander, told China Central Television in a live program on the State broadcaster.Wang, the first Chinese woman to live in the Tiangong station and also the first female Chinese spacewalker, told the State broadcaster that she is very happy to return to the motherland and wants t
6、o tell her little daughter that mom has returned after reaching for the stars.Carrying the mission crew, the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft undocked from the Tiangong station at 12:44 am on Saturday.In the last hours of their stay inside the Tiangong, the astronauts worked with ground controllers to confi
7、gure the station, transmit some experimental data back to Earth and sort out materials, according to the agency.Zhai and his crewmates spent 183 days in an orbit about 400 kilometers above the Earth since their Shenzhou XIII spacecraft was launched on Oct 16 by a Long March 2F carrier rocket from th
8、e Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. They were the second inhabitants of Chinas permanent space station named Tiangong, also known as Heavenly Palace.The crew has set a new record for Chinas longest spaceflight, almost doubling the previous record of 92 days cre
9、ated by their peers in the Shenzhou XII mission who travelled with Tiangong from mid-June to mid-September last year.During the Shenzhou XIII mission, the astronauts carried out two spacewalks that totaled more than 12 hours. The crew members also carried out two science lectures for Chinese student
10、s.In early February, the astronauts spent Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, inside the orbiting station, becoming the first Chinese people to celebrate the countrys most important traditional festival in outer space. They appeared in a live broadcast gala and sent their best wishes to Chinese people.Several days before their return, Zhai and his crewmates recorded a video in which they answered questions solicited from students across the United States who were curious about their life and tasks.