Chinas Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship separated from the space station combination at 4 a.m.
Beijing Time on Wednesday, and the astronauts aboard -- Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze -- started to go back to Earth, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The spaceship is arranged to return to the Dongfeng landing website in north Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday.The CMSA said that prior to the separation, the Shenzhou-19 team, with the assistance of the ground staff, finished different tasks such as setting the status of the space station mix, processing and sending the speculative information, and transferring remaining materials.
The Shenzhou-19 crew also performed handover work and exchanged in-orbit work experience with the Shenzhou-20 crew.The return of the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship, initially set up for Tuesday, had actually been delayed due to undesirable windy weather at the Dongfeng landing website, according to the CMSA.The firm added that the meteorological conditions at the Dongfeng landing site satisfy the objective requirements at present, and all preparations have actually been made to invite the teams return.China introduced the Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship on April 24, sending out three astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie to the spaceport station for another six-month mission.(Cover: Chinas Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship separates from the space station combination./ CMSA)