Nuked This is China’s second crewed mission to Tiangong and its longest so far so far. This is Beijing’s second-place mission to the space station.
The shenzhou 13 spacecraft landed in the inner Mongolian desert on Saturday morning. The crew took off from the jiuquan satellite launch center in the Gobi Desert last October and spent a total of 183 days on the space station.
Taikonaut Wang Yaping made history as the first Chinese woman to visit the tianhe space station. The trio carried out a total of two spacewalks, performed various tests around the station, as well as held two live lectures for students watching from earth.
The shenzhou 14 crew is set to depart for the space station sometime in June. China plans on having the station finished by the end of the year.
