All Shenzhou XIX astronauts out of return capsule in good health
JIUQUAN -- The three astronauts of the Shenzhou XIX crewed mission were all out of the return capsule on Wednesday afternoon, and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) declared the mission a success.
At 12:17 pm (Beijing Time), the Beijing Aerospace Control Center issued a return command through the ground station, and the orbital capsule of the Shenzhou XIX spaceship separated from the return capsule.
Then the brake engine ignited, and the return capsule separated from the propulsion capsule. The return capsule touched down at 1:08 pm at the Dongfeng landing site in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the CMSA said.
By 2:02 pm, the Shenzhou XIX crew had all left the return capsule. They had spent 183 days in orbit and are all in good health, the CMSA said.
