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The orbiting capsule of the Shenzhou 6, the piloted spacecraft that CNSA had launched on 12 October 2005, returned to Earth after completing 2,920 orbits. The mission’s crew had returned to Earth on 17 October 2005. According to China’s state news agency Xinhua, the orbiting capsule had successfully gathered scientific data during its 180-day mission and had laid a “solid foundation” for China’s future space engineering projects, such as its planned mission to the Moon.
Space Daily, “Orbiting Chinese Space Capsule Returns to Earth,” 17 April 2006.
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