China completes three-month manned mission for space station construction

Having worked in the space station core module Tianhe for three months -- the longest-ever human space mission in Chinese history, three "taikonauts" of the Shenzhou-12 crew returned to Earth on Friday, hitting a new milestone in China's space exploration.

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