Astronauts go out of Shenzhou X's return capsule

Updated: 2013-06-26 08:04

(Xinhua/chinadaily.com.cn)

Astronauts go out of Shenzhou X's return capsule

Video grab shows astronaut Nie Haisheng goes out of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft's return capsule on Wednesday. [chinadaily.com.cn]

Nie Haisheng, commander of the Shenzhou-10 space mission, first successfully came out of the spacecraft's reentry module at around 9:30 (Beijing Time) Wednesday morning after a 15-day stay in low earth orbit.

Upon his safe return, Nie also sets a record of stay in space for Chinese astronauts with more than 470 hours in two missions.

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Video grab shows astronaut Wang Yaping goes out of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft's return capsule on Wednesday. [chinadaily.com.cn]

The Shenzhou-10 space mission's female crewmember Wang Yaping left the spacecraft's reentry module at 9:36 (Beijing Time) Wednesday morning following the mission commander Nie Haisheng.

During the mission, Wang successfully conducted a 40-minute space lecture in orbit for millions of Chinese students on Earth with assistance of astronauts Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang.

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Video grab shows astronaut Zhang Xiaoguang goes out of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft's return capsule on Wednesday. [chinadaily.com.cn]

Astronaut Zhang Xiaoguang successfully came out of the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft's reentry module at around 9:41 (Beijing Time) Wednesday morning, following the other two astronauts.

During his first space mission, Zhang piloted the spacecraft and served as the cameraman for China's first space lecture in live broadcast.

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