The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.

China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's Tiangong space station.

Liftoff of the Shenzhou 22 mission is scheduled for 11:11 p.m. EST (0411 GMT, Nov. 25; 11:11 a.m. Beijing Time).

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China will launch the unmanned Shenzhou-22 spacecraft on Tuesday, its space authorities said on Monday, a move that will help return its space station and manned flight programme to normality after a ...

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series ...

Chinese astronauts inspect debris-damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft during spacewalk Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the ...

Shenzhou 20 reached Tiangong in late April. It carried a three-person crew for six months. The team planned to return on Nov.