China's stranded astronauts returning from space station on spacecraft that brought new crew

Three Chinese astronauts stranded at their nation's space station after their spacecraft was apparently hit by space debris departed for home Friday using the craft that had brought a replacement crew, China's space agency said.The astronauts were on a six-month rotation at the space station and originally scheduled to return Nov. 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 minor cracks in a window of the return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, most likely caused by impact from space debris.There are millions of pieces...