Chinese astronauts return to earth

The Chinese astronauts went on a space mission 90 days before and landed back in the Gobi Desert on Friday at 1:35 pm.

It was China's longest-ever crewed mission and another step forward to becoming a space power.

As per reports, The crew of the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft were in “good health” after the 90-day mission.

“The successful completion of the mission [...] paves the way for future regular missions and utilisation of the [Chinese space] station (CSS),” said Chen Lan, an independent analyst at GoTaikonauts, which specialises in China's space programme.

The three astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo are also part of the Chinese force, whereas Nie Haisheng had also been on two missions before this one and was leading this operation.