KEY MOMENTS IN THE SHENZHOU XIII MISSION

Oct 16 The Shenzhou XIII spacecraft is launched by a Long March 2F carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, carrying three astronauts－Major General Zhai Zhigang, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu－to the Tiangong space station. The crew enters the station the same day.

Nov 7 The crew carries out their first spacewalk, during which Wang becomes China's first female spacewalker. The operation lasts six and a half hours.

Dec 9 The crew conducts their first science lecture from the space station for students around the world back on Earth. Almost every primary and middle school student on the Chinese mainland watches the lecture.

Dec 26 The astronauts perform their second spacewalk, spending nearly six hours outside of the space station.

Feb 1 The crew spends Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, inside the orbiting station, becoming the first Chinese people to celebrate the country's most important traditional festival in outer space.

Mar 23 The astronauts give their second science lecture.

April 16 The Shenzhou XIII mission comes to an end with the crew safely coming back to Earth at the Dongfeng Landing Site in Inner Mongolia.

Source: China Manned Space Agency