After spending five months in orbit at the nation's space station, three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Tuesday, according to state media.
At 8:11 am (0011 GMT), Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao landed at China's Dongfeng landing site, as reported by state broadcaster CCTV.
There was footage of their return capsule hitting the ground and creating an orange dust cloud before parachuting into the desolate Gobi Desert.
"On-site medical supervision and insurance personnel confirmed that the astronauts... are in good health," CCTV said.
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After arriving at China's Tiangong space station in late May, Jing, Zhu, and Gui spent 154 days in orbit.
During that time, they conducted a spacewalk that lasted almost eight hours and conducted scientific experiments.
Last week, after the Shenzhou-17 mission took off from the Jiuquan launch site in the northwest of the country, a new crew took their place.
The nation's Manned Space Agency states that Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, and Jiang Xinlin will conduct "space science and application payload tests."
In addition, they will perform maintenance to repair minor space debris damage to the station.
Since becoming president ten years ago, Beijing has expedited its plans to become a significant space power.
To close the gap between the US and Russia, the second-biggest economy in the world has poured billions of dollars into its military-run space program.
By 2030, China also hopes to send a crewed mission to the moon and establish a lunar base.
