Shenzhu returns to Earth after a successful mission IX spatial

The astronauts stayed about 50 minutes in the capsule to begin become accustomed to return to Earth and gravity.

The three astronauts Shenzhu IX mission, including a woman for the first time, landed on Friday in Inner Mongolia, northwest China, following a successful 13-day mission, according to state TV footage CCTV.

First detailed images of ocean currents

The European satellite GOCE-Explorer Gravity field and Ocean Circulation, for its contraction in English, was able to obtain, for the first time, extremely detailed images of how water currents move around the planet. These images record the effect of gravity on the ocean currents, which allows scientists to determine the direction and speed of the same.

The data obtained by Goce used to improve climate models studying how the oceans move heat around the globe. In the new map you can clearly see the famous Gulf Stream, the most intense of all streams, in which the water passes rapidly, reaching even more than a meter per second, in some places.

An asteroid with us on our trip around the sun

Astronomers detected an asteroid which follows the orbit of the Earth around the sun. The rock-between 200 and 300 meters in diameter and 2010 TK7-christened it the Trojans, which are those that share an orbit with a planet near stable points. Because they remain in front of or behind the planets in the same orbit, never collide with them.

According to the science specialist for the BBC, Jonathan Amos, it is a fascinating finding because the relative stability and proximity of the Trojan asteroids makes them potential targets for future space missions, when they go beyond the International Space Station (EEI).