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MYSTERIOUS: Chinese astronauts are back on earth after suspected space junk strike left them stranded in space | Mind Blowing Facts

A photo of the Shenzhou-20 crew (Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie) at a send-off ceremony in China on April 24. .

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a suspected piece of space junk left them stranded on China's Tiangong space station, officials have announced.

Chen Dong, Wang Jie and Chen Zhongrui — the crew of China’s Shenzhou-20 mission — left the space station in a return capsule and landed in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday (Nov. 14), Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The crew spent 204 days in orbit, a new record for a taikonaut (Chinese astronaut) crew.

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