Counting down their 180-day stay in China's space home, the Shenzhou-13 astronauts have started preparations for their departure after (live) in the Tianhe space station core cabin for five months. The physical and psychological conditions of the three crew members are(good) than expected, and they (be) scheduled to return to Earth in mid-April. What needs to(do) before leaving the space station? China Space News said on Monday that before going home, crew members need to repack their belongings, including fitness equipment, laboratory supplies and maintenance parts, and put (they) back in the designated locations. They will fix some items to the walls with the(intend) of avoiding floating and slipping. Experimental data and samples will also need to be packed and brought back to Earth. There will be a thorough "house-cleaning" to sort out all kinds of waste produced during the mission.
their stay, a number of breakthroughs have been madeinclude two activities outside the spaceship, two live space lectures, and some 20 scientific (experiment). China will send another six astronauts in two teams to the space station this year, and they will meet in orbit and spend about one week together.
