A Heroes’ Welcome For Shenzhou VII Crew In China

Washington (dbTechno) – The three Chinese astronauts who completed the first-ever spacewalk in the history of the country received a heroes’ welcome when they returned home on Monday.

They returned to Beijing on Monday morning after completing the 68-hour space mission.

The mission, which was carried out on the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, consisted of the first-ever spacewalk for China.

By completing the mission, China becomes the third country to conduct a spacewalk, behind the United States and Russia.

The three astronauts, Liu Boming, Jing Haipeng, and Zhai Zhigang, landed in China safely on Sunday.

On Monday, they were welcomed home by over 5,000 people near the Neijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC).

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