JIUQUAN - China's Shenzhou XVIII manned spaceship separated from the space station combination on Sunday, and the astronauts aboard -- Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu -- are returning to Earth, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The CMSA said that prior to the separation, the Shenzhou XVIII crew, with the assistance of the ground staff, completed various tasks such as setting the status of the space station combination, processing and transmitting the experimental data, and transferring remaining supplies, and then carried out handover work with the Shenzhou XIX crew.
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China launched the Shenzhou XIX crewed spaceship on Oct 30, sending three astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze to its space station for another six-month mission.
