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Medical staff help astronauts re-adapt to gravity

English.news.cn   2012-06-29 11:00:04

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Medical staff are helping the crew of three astronauts, including China's first female astronaut Liu Yang, re-adapt to the Earth's gravity.

Chinese astronauts will get out of the return capsule around 11:00 a.m., according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center Friday morning.

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Editor: Fang Yang
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