Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after they were briefly stranded at the nation's space station when space debris struck the vehicle they were meant to travel aboard. The delay may ...

Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said. Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and ...

A group of Chinese astronauts will have to wait a little longer for their return home from space. The mission to bring Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie back to Earth from China's Tiangong space ...

After 245 days in orbit, a crew of three astronauts is preparing to leave the International Space Station and descend through ...

Tiny chunks of space debris are believed to have struck the return vehicle of a Chinese crew of astronauts who were due to return to Earth following a mission at the nation's Tiangong space station.

Recovery crews extracting Shenzhou-20 commander Chen Dong from the Shenzhou-21 return module in Inner Mongolia, Nov. 14, 2025. Credit: CCTV/BACC HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts have safely ...

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after being stranded for nine days on the Tiangong space station. Their original return vehicle, the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, was damaged by space debris, ...

A group of Chinese astronauts have delayed their return to Earth out of concern that their spaceship was hit by debris. The three astronauts — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — were due to ...

The three astronauts had just completed a six-month mission when their return trip was delayed Xinhua/Shutterstock Three Chinese astronauts have had their return to Earth delayed, believing their ...