Beijing, April 30 -- China's three-person-Shenzhou 19 space mission came back to Earth today after six months in orbit. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) declared the mission a success, after the crew safely landed in the country's Inner Mongolia region.
The Shenzhou 19 spacecraft - carrying astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze - undocked from the Tiangong space station on Tuesday (April 29) at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT; 4 a.m. on April 30 China Standard Time), according to Beijing's space officials.
"The three astronauts stayed in orbit for 183 days [and] conducted three extravehicular activities, completed the installation of the space station's space debris protection device, and completed multiple cargo extravehicular mi...