Three astronauts who had been stranded at China's space station will soon splash down. Photo: AP PHOTO

Three Chinese astronauts stranded at their nation's space station after their spacecraft was apparently hit with space debris departed for home using the craft that had brought a replacement crew, China's space agency says.

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The astronauts were on a six-month rotation at the space station and originally scheduled to return on November 5, four days after the new crew arrived.

Their return was delayed for more than a week.

China's Manned Space Engineering Office said there were mino

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