Chinese astronauts return from space station
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Shenzhou-20 was hit by suspected space debris, throwing China's manned space programme off track. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early November 2025.
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China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts return to Earth on different spacecraft after finding window cracks in their own (video)
The trio is coming home more than a week late — and aboard a different spacecraft than the one that carried them up to orbit.