SHENZHOU-14 RETURNS TO EARTH, Dec 4, 2022, Inner Mongolia, China, ~7:10 am ET?

China’s Shenzhou-14 and its three-person crew will return to Earth on December 4, 2022 landing in Inner Mongolia, China. The taikonauts on this flight are:

• Chen Dong
• Liu Yang
• Cai Xuzhe

China has said they will return on December 4, but not the time.

Andrew Jones,  a reporter who closely follows China’s space program, estimates landing at about 12:10 UTC, which is 7:10 am EST.

Coming home: Shenzhou-14 crew are set for landing at ~1210 UTC Dec 4, following Shenzhou-15’s arrival at Tiangong. Meanwhile, recovery and rescue drills near Jiuquan are complete, & Shenzhou-16 has been assembled & tested & is on standby at Jiuquan https://t.co/0CYtj3mTEE

— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) December 2, 2022

China’s CGTN network usually provides live coverage of such events.

They are returning from about six months (they launched on June 5) on the Tiangong-3 space station after China’s first crew exchange with Shenzhou-15, which launched on November 29 and docked the same day. A crew handover ceremony took place on December 2.