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China`s manned Shenzhou-11 spacecraft makes successful landing on Earth
Shenzhou-11 space mission, China`s manned spacecraft has made successful landing on Earth after spending about a month in the orbit.
Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Shenzhou-11 space mission, China's manned spacecraft has made successful landing on Earth after spending about a month in the orbit.
The Shenzhou-11, with two astronauts aboard landed in inner Mongolia on Friday.
The re-entry module, carrying astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong aboard, landed at around 2 p.m., as scheduled, Efe news reported.
The landing was broadcast live by Chinese state television CCTV.
The Shenzhou-11 had departed on October 17 and docked at the Tiangong-2 space laboratory two days later.
It remained in orbit for 30 days before separating from the space lab on Thursday to begin its journey back to Earth.
(With IANS inputs)