China's Shenzhou-11 manned space mission a "complete success"

Two astronauts who completed China's longest-ever manned space mission returned to Earth safely Friday afternoon, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC).

Chinese astronauts to return home after longest-ever space mission

The spacecraft Shenzhou-11, which is carrying taikonauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, separated from the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab at 12:41 p.m. Thursday Beijing Time.

Space Journal: Chinese astronauts accept 1st earth-space interview

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong are currently on a 33-day space journey and acting as Xinhua special correspondents. On Tuesday, they talked with their copy desk on earth for the first time.

Life in space captured on Tiangong-II

Today is Oct. 30, my 12th day on board Tiangong-2. I am Xinhua space correspondent Chen Dong. I would like to tell you about our in-orbit gravity-free cardiovascular experiments, or as we call the whole process the 'CDS experiment,' which track changes to our bodies while we are in orbit.

Space Journal: Entry 3: I wear a special space suit

Taikonaut Jing Haipeng shows a suit specially designed for cardiovascular research in gravity-free environment in the space lab Tiangong-2, Oct. 26, 2016.