Shenzhou-12 astronauts return home safely
Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng (middle), Liu Boming (right) and Tang Hongbo, who were sent into space onboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship for space station construction mission, wave to the crowd after returning to the Earth safely at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Sept. 17, 2021.

China Launches First Crew To New Space Station
China has successfully launched spacecraft into orbit to start the country's new space station's occupation. The three men, Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo, will spend three months aboard the Tianhe module, which will be located 380 kilometers (236 miles) above the Earth.

Three astronauts enter Tianhe core module of China’s space station
China’s crewed Shenzhou-12 spaceship, atop the country’s Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket, is launched at 9:22 a.m. on June 17 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert as planned. (Photo/WeChat account of Our Space, a Beijing-based non-profit new media center focusing on spreading aerospace knowledge and news)

Answers you might want to get from Shenzhou-12 astronauts
China’s crewed Shenzhou-12 spaceship, atop the country’s Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket, is launched at 9:22 a.m. on June 17, 2021 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert. (Photo by Weng Qiyu/People's Daily Online)

China shows strength and sense of responsibility as major country in space exploration
China’s Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert, June 17. (Photo by Weng Qiyu/People’s Daily Online) By He Yin, People’s Daily
