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China space mission ends

Published: 27 Jun 2013 - 04:34 am | Last Updated: 01 Feb 2022 - 11:33 am

Astronaut Nie Haisheng sits inside Shenzhou-10 spacecraft that landed on the grasslands of north China’s Inner Mongolia region yesterday after a 15-day mission. China completed its longest manned space mission as Shenzhou-10  and three crew members safely returned to Earth, in a major step towards Beijing’s goal of building a permanent space station by 2020.