Three Chinese astronauts, Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie, returned to Earth after a nine-day delay caused by damage to their original capsule from space debris.They initially planned to return aboard the Shenzhou-20 but had to switch to the Shenzhou-21 due to identified safety issues by the Chinese Manned Space Agency.The astronauts completed a record stay of 204 days at the Tiangong space station before landing successfully in the Gobi Desert.