The Chinese manned space agency announced today the separation of the Shenzhou 14 spacecraft, on which three astronauts – Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuezha – worked on the space station cluster for 183 days.
“Before separation, the astronauts performed various tasks such as completing the orbital rotation with the crew of the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft, determining the status of the space station cluster, sorting and downloading experiment data, and cleaning and transporting materials stored in orbit. with the support of the space station,” the agency said in a statement. Scientific and technical personnel on Earth.
The manned spacecraft is expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at the appropriate time and begin its return journey.
Notably, the three astronauts were sent to the space station on June 5, where they have completed a variety of tasks in recent months, including directing five rendezvous and docking operations, performing three EVAs, giving a live science lecture and hosting a number of practical and technological experiments.
