BEIJING (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 22 ***** ecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged ***** ecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's ***** e station.
The Shenzhou 22 will be used sometime in 2026 by the three astronauts who docked on the Tiangong ***** e station on Nov. 1.
Earlier this month, another group of Chinese astronauts from the Shenzhou 20 mission faced a nine-day delay in their return to Earth after their craft's window was damaged. They eventually returned using the Shenzhou 21 ***** ecraft, which had just carried the replacement cre