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spacecraft touched down under parachutes in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region today at 5:46 a.m. EDT , about nine hours after departing China'sChina's Shenzhou 17 spacecraft descends through Earth's atmosphere on April 30, 2024, bringing three astronauts safely home after a six-month space mission.The mission was China's 12th astronaut flight overall and the sixth crewed visit to Tiangong, which the nation finished assembling in late 2022.
The Shenzhou 17 trio was also the youngest crew ever to visit Tiangong; on launch day, Tang Hongbo was 48, Tang Shengjie was 34 and Jiang was 35.
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