{"id":285308,"date":"2025-11-11T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/285308\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:13:07","slug":"chinas-stranded-astronauts-in-good-condition-after-space-debris-delays-planned-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/285308\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s stranded astronauts ‘in good condition’ after space debris delays planned return"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING (AP) \u2014 The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is \u201cin good condition, working and living normally,\u201d China\u2019s Manned Space Engineering office said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 mission are facing a delayed return to Earth after their scheduled Nov. 5 return<\/a> was aborted after their spacecraft was believed to have been struck by a small piece of space debris.<\/p>\n

The return has been pushed back to an unspecified date, but the mission team is carrying out tests and drills, according to a statement issued by the space agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Shenzhou-20 crew is in good condition, working and living normally,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The three astronauts \u2014 Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie \u2014 traveld to the Tiangong space station in April and were finishing their six-month rotation. <\/p>\n

The replacement Shenzhou-21 mission successfully docked with the space station<\/a> on Nov. 1, carrying for the first time a group of mice for experiments. <\/p>\n

China has made steady progress with its space program<\/a> since 2003. It has built its own space station and has a goal of landing a person on the moon by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEIJING (AP) \u2014 The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is \u201cin good condition, working and living…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[793,6625,79,193,9175,74,150422,965],"class_list":{"0":"post-285308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-general-news","9":"tag-planets","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space","12":"tag-space-exploration","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-wang-jie","15":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}