The Shenzhou - 12 spaceflight mission was successfully completed.

According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, at 13:34 Beijing time on September 17, 2021, the return capsule of the Shenzhou - 12 manned spaceship successfully landed at the Dongfeng Landing Site. The astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo, who carried out the flight mission, safely exited the capsule in good physical condition, marking the complete success of the manned flight mission in the space station phase. This was the first time that the Dongfeng Landing Site carried out the search and recovery mission of a manned spaceship.

The Shenzhou - 12 manned spaceship was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17. Subsequently, it docked with the Tianhe core module to form a complex. The three astronauts entered the core module and stayed there for three months. During the in - orbit flight, two extravehicular activities of astronauts were carried out, and a series of space science experiments and technical tests were conducted. Key technologies for the construction and operation of the space station, such as long - term astronaut residence, regenerative life support, in - orbit resupply, extravehicular activities, extravehicular operations, and in - orbit maintenance, were verified in orbit. The complete success of the Shenzhou - 12 manned flight mission has laid a more solid foundation for the subsequent construction and operation of the space station.