Commander Chen Dong and astronauts Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe touched down in a capsule at a landing site in the Gobi Desert in northern China at around 12.10pm, according to China Central Television.
Three Chinese astronauts have landed back on Earth after six months spent completing construction of the Tiangong station, state TV reported.
Commander Chen Dong and astronauts Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe touched down in a capsule at a landing site in the Gobi Desert in northern China at around 12.10pm, according to China Central Television.
Before departing, the astronauts overlapped their stay with three other colleagues who arrived on the Shenzhou-15 mission earlier this week for their own six-month stay.
It marked the first time China has had six astronauts in space at the same time.
