China's Shenzhou-14 astronauts land safely at landing site in Inner Mongolia

Three Chinese astronauts on board the Shenzhou-14 manned spaceship returned to Earth safely, after accomplishing many "firsts" during their six-month space station mission.

Shenzhou-14's return capsule, carrying astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The astronauts were all in good physical condition, and the Shenzhou-14 manned mission was a complete success.

"Welcome back home," people cheered for the trio, as many raised their cameras to capture the historic moment.

Soon after the return capsule landed, the ground search team arrived at the landing site. Medical personnel confirmed that the astronauts were in good health.

It is the first time for China's manned spaceship to return to the Dongfeng landing site on a winter night.

The "rapid return mode" that Shenzhou-14 used led to fewer circles around the orbit and shortened the return flight time.

The three astronauts went to the space station on June 5. They completed multiple tasks during their mission, including overseeing five rendezvous-and-dockings, performing three extravehicular activities, giving a live science lecture, and conducting several sci-tech experiments.

They carried out space station platform inspections and tests, equipment maintenance, as well as the management of materials and the space station.

They also unlocked and installed scientific experiment cabinets in lab modules Wentian and Mengtian.