Shenzhou-12 Crew Returns After 3-Month Mission

Chen Chuanren September 17, 2021
Shenzhou-12 reentry module
Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo in front of the Shenzhou-12 reentry module.
Credit: Xinhua News Agency
SINGAPORE—The three taikonauts from the Shenzhou-12 mission returned to Earth on Sept. 17, ending a 90-day stay in space to help construct China’s Tiangong-2 space station. Commander Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo left the station’s Tianhe core module on Sept. 16 and commenced reentry...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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