The Tiangong space station is temporarily hosting two Shenzhou crews.
However, the Shenzhou 14 crew won't be hanging around in orbit much longer. Chen, Liu and Cai are expected to journey home on their Shenzhou 14 spacecraft in the next few days after completing their handover duties.
The trio oversaw the arrival of two new modules to Tiangong and embarked onThe orbital get-together aboard Tiangong also marks the beginning of Tiangong science operations. The country plans to keep Tiangong permanently occupied and operational for at least a decade. China first envisioned a plan to send astronauts to space independently and eventually build a space station back in 1992.
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