Overview
- Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie had been scheduled to land in the Gobi Desert today after roughly six months in orbit.
- The China Manned Space Agency said analyses and risk assessments are underway and the landing is postponed until further notice to protect the crew.
- The trio remains on Tiangong after a completed handover to the newly arrived Shenzhou 21 team of Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang.
- The European Space Agency estimates more than one million objects larger than one centimeter orbit Earth, and UN bodies have called for shared tracking and traffic management.
- During their mission, the Shenzhou 20 astronauts conducted experiments and carried out repairs to address damage previously linked to debris fragments.