China's homegrown "Jimu No.1" Type III airship, designed for atmospheric observation, completed its tenth high-altitude data collection mission on May 26 at Mount Qomolangma.

During its mission above the world's highest peak, it set a world record by reaching 9,050 meters on May 21.

"Of all the ten observations, two reached over 9,000 meters, and six exceeded 8,000 meters of observation height. And this time, we basically completed the observation mission beyond our expectations in six indicators," said Gao Jing, a research fellow with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who also leads the comprehensive floating airship observation team.