Three Chinese astronauts have successfully returned to Earth from their nation's space station after their capsule was damaged. The team deployed a red and white striped parachute as they descended, before landing at a remote site in the Gobi Desert in Asia on Friday. The astronauts - Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie - had been due to return on 5 November to end their six-month rotation at the Tiangong space station. However, their journey back was delayed by nine days because the Shenzhou-