Chinese astronauts return after 90-day space mission: live broadcast

Beijing, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Chinese astronauts returned to earth Friday after completing a 90-day mission to a space station, a record duration for China, state broadcaster CCTV showed in a live feed.

The capsule carrying the three astronauts landed via a parachute in the Gobi desert at 1:35 pm local time (05:35 GMT).

“The Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft successfully landed,” state broadcaster CCTV said.

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