RETURN OF CHINA’S SHENZHOU-13 CREW, Apr 15, 2022, ~10:00 pm ET?

Update, April 15: 1:45 pm ET:  Shenzhou-13 undocked from Tianhe at 16:44 UTC (12:44 pm EDT).

State media has confirmed that Shenzhou 13 has undocked from the CSS Core Module's nadir port at 16:44 UTC, after being at the station for a Chinese record of 183 days.https://t.co/11lpxHQxaX pic.twitter.com/A7HHflwqKG

— Cosmic Penguin (@Cosmic_Penguin) April 15, 2022

Original Entry: China’s three-person Shenzhou-13 crew is expected to return to Earth soon after 6 months on the Tianhe space station core module, a record duration for China.

China has not announced the date or time, but Andrew Jones, who closely follows the Chinese space program, expects it to happen on April 16 between 0135 and 0205 UTC, which is April 15, 9:35-10:05 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

CMSA confirms Shenzhou-13 has completed its tasks and will soon leave the Tianhe module and return to Earth, but doesn’t provide the info on return time/date (which NOTAMs indicate will be between 0135-0205 UTC April 16).https://t.co/oFXg21vKXB https://t.co/3O78IOxWJz pic.twitter.com/NbaXnAV8kM

— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) April 14, 2022