Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, Zhang Lu, Chen Yaping and Jing Haipeng returned to Earth on June 6 at 4:6 a.m. Beijing time.

The mission was China's first manned rendezvous and docking mission. The crew of Shenzhou XV is expected to stay in space until at least 2023. It is the first mission of its kind for the Chinese space agency, the China National Space Administration, and the China Astronaut Association. China's space program is the largest in the world, with more than 1,000 astronauts.