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UPDATE
SHENZHOU-19 CREW RETURNS TO EARTH, Apr 30, 2025, Inner Mongolia, ~1:00 am ET
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Update, April 29, 10:40 pm ET: The crew is on the way home, with landing on April 30 about 05:00 UTC, which is 1:00 am EDT.
Shenzhou-19 spacecraft undocked from Tiangong at 2000 UTC today, according to CMSA. Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze expected to land at Dongfeng landing area ~0500 UTC Wednesday, April 30. https://t.co/pzUo0ZXNZB https://t.co/RMeOW2TqYi
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) April 29, 2025
Update, April 29: The return was postponed because of bad weather at the landing site. China hasn’t said when they’ll try again, only “in the coming days.”
Original entry: China’s Shenzhou-19 crew is expected to return to Earth on April 29, 2025 Beijing Time after 6 months aboard the Tiangong-3 space station. Their Shenzhou-20 replacements arrived on April 24.
The China Manned Space Agency gave the date for their return, but not the time. Other sources say it will be 06:04 UTC, which is 02:04 am EDT.
The Dongfeng landing site is in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China’s CGTN typically provides live coverage of these landings.