A Chinese space capsule
carrying three astronauts returned safely to Earth Tuesday (June 25), wrapping
up the longest manned space mission in the nation's history.
The Shenzhou 10
spacecraft touched down at 8:08 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0008 GMT), capping a 15-day
mission to China's orbitingTiangong 1 lab module. The spacecraft landed in
northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where the local time was
8:08 a.m. on Wednesday.
