Our country has the ability to carry out land and sea-based space search and recovery missions.

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12/02/2026
The return capsule of the crewed spacecraft Dreamboat safely splashed down in the scheduled sea area of the South China Sea on the morning of the 11th. The aerospace search and rescue forces waiting in the nearby sea area immediately arrived at the landing point to start maritime salvage, lifting, and other work. With this, China has the capability to perform aerospace search and recovery missions on land and at sea. Li Xin from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center introduced that, with the maximum dynamic pressure escape flight test of the Dreamboat crewed spacecraft system as a guide, the aerospace search and rescue team, in collaboration with the South China Sea Rescue Bureau's maritime rescue forces, relying on the support conditions of the Wenchang Space Launch Site and with the assistance of new research and test equipment, successfully established a maritime joint search and rescue link and formed maritime aerospace search and rescue forces. As a specialized aerospace search and rescue force responsible for astronaut search and rescue, spacecraft search and recovery, and other tasks, the aerospace search and rescue team from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has successfully completed missions such as the rescue and recovery of the Shenzhou spacecraft's return capsule and the recovery of the Chang'e return module on multiple occasions. Faced with new challenges such as the new spacecraft, new tasks, new regions, and new personnel in this mission, the aerospace search and rescue team focused on building capabilities in command and control, search and monitoring, salvage and recovery, communication support, and other aspects, forging a professional team capable of independently conducting maritime search and recovery of the spacecraft's return capsule. From the desert and grasslands to the vast sea, they have achieved a leap in mission area and support capability.