Images: China's first manned space mission returns to earth safely

[caption id=“attachment_361652” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=" Photo taken on June 29, 2012 shows the re-entry capsule of China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft lands safely in Siziwang Banner of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. AP"] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_361653” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“In this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency, China’s first female astronaut Liu Yang waves as she comes out of the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. AP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_361655” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“In this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency, Chinese astronauts, from left, Liu Wang, Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang, wave after coming out of the re-entry capsule, right, of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. AP”] [/caption]

Images: China's first manned space mission returns to earth safely

China’s first female astronaut and two other crew members emerged smiling from a capsule that returned safely to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future space station.

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