Shenzhou-19 Commander & Astronaut Cai Xuzhe after Landing | China Space Station
Chinese astronaut Cai Xuzhe, commander of the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceflight mission, has come out of the return capsule of the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft which landed back on the Earth earlier Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
Cai was the first of the three-member Shenzhou-19 crew to get out of the capsule after it touched down safely at the Dongfeng Landing Site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Upon the landing, Cai and the two other crew members reported their good conditions to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
"In space, we gazed at the beautiful blue planet countless times. This is the common home for humanity and needs to be protected by all of us together. Especially, the vibrant red outside the space station's cabin wall, the brightest color in space, filled me with pride for our great motherland. On this mission, I led two people born in the 1990s. With the crew united as one and the assistance of the ground staff, we successfully completed the task entrusted by our country and the people. In the future, we will continue to maintain a diligent attitude, scripting new chapters for China's space industry in the new era," Cai said in an interview with CCTV shortly after he was carried out of the return capsule.
The spaceship separated from the Tiangong space station combination at 04:00 (Beijing Time) on Wednesday, according to the CMSA.
The Shenzhou-19 crew was sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on October 30, 2024. Prior to the return, the crew completed all planned tasks and handed over the space station to the Shenzhou-20 astronauts who got on board on April 25.
Duration: 1 minute, 18 seconds
Release Date: April 30, 2025
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