China Launches Shenzhou-22 In Recovery Operation

shenzhou-22 lifts off on nov 25

Shenzhou-22 lifted off Nov. 25. 

Credit: Xinhua/Alamy Live News
China has launched the Shenzhou-22 capsule to the Tiangong space station as part of a recovery mission after an earlier spacecraft was damaged by space debris, necessitating a swap of crew return vehicles. Shenzhou-22 lifted off at 12:11 p.m. Beijing time Nov. 25 on a Long March 2F rocket from the...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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