Astronaut Nie Haisheng sets Chinese space stay record

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Nie Haisheng, commander of the Shenzhou-10 space mission, first successfully came out of the spacecraft's reentry module at around 9:30 (Beijing Time) Wednesday morning after a 15-day stay in low earth orbit.

Upon his safe return, Nie also sets a record of stay in space for Chinese astronauts with more than 470 hours in two missions.

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