Beijing wants to send astronauts to the moon by 2030, utilizing its Tiangong space station, in low orbit since 2021.
China's Shenzhou-16 landed on Tuesday with a torn parachute as the capsule containing three astronauts wobbled in the air.The Shenzhou-16 mission capsule landed at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on October 31, 2023.During landing, the mission experienced some difficulty as the video of the landing craft shows a tear in the parachute as the capsule shakes.
The increased ability to carry out longer, complex space missions coincides with the launch of China's Tiangong space station, permanently stationed in low earth orbit since 2021.China launched the Shenzhou-17 mission from its Jiuquan test site on October 23 and it reached the Tiangong space station fewer than six and a half hours after leaving the surface.Tang Hongbo, one of three astronauts on the Shenzhou-17, became the first to head back to space within two years of his last mission.
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