Comet 3I/ATLAS images from NASA
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The latest trio — Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang — are the crew of the Shenzhou-21 mission, whose return capsule was taken home by the Shenzhou-20 crew following a potential space debris collision that rendered their original capsule inoperable.
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Watch interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS live this week as it nears closest approach to Earth
The unique initiative comes from the Virtual Telescope Project that captured a fascinating image of 3I/ATLAS' ion tail.