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Re-entry Capsule of Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft Opens
SOURCE: China Space News     UPDATED: 2013-07-10

BEIJING, June. 28 (China Space News) — The re-entry capsule of China's Shenzhou-10 spacecraft was opened up in Beijing on June 28 and items taken out.

Sponsored by China Manned Space Engineering Office and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, a ceremony was held at the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST), where the spacecraft was made.

Staff members of CAST opened the capsule with a special key and retrieved the onboard articles, which included items that went into space on the Shenzhou-10 as well as that which was taken into space on the Tiangong-1 space module.