By Victoria Woollaston PUBLISHED: 04:06 EST, 26 June 2013 | UPDATED: 10:22 EST, 26 June 2013 A space capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts has landed safely in northern China after a 15-day trip to the country's prototype space station. The Shenzhou 10's descent module landed by parachute in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday with the three crew members said to be in 'good health'. It was the second manned mission to the experimental Tiangong 1 space station - launched in 2011 - with China hoping to have a permanent space presence by 2020. Scroll down for video Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng waves to TV crews and workers from China's manned space program before climbing out of the re-entry capsule of China's Shenzhou-10 spacecraft
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The Shenzhou 10 capsule landed safely in Inner Mongolia after 15 days aboard the Tiangong 1 space station
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The station is a prototype with China hoping to launch a permanent version by 2020
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The mission is the longest a manned Chinese spacecraft has been in orbit - beating Shenzhou 9 by two days
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During the mission, the three astronauts beamed a live physics class to 60 million school children
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