Shenzhou-12 return capsule opened in Beijing(1/4)

Staff workers take items out of the return capsule of Shenzhou-12 spacecraft at a ceremony in Beijing, China’s capital city, September 27, 2021. (China News Service/Zhao Jun)

A hatch-opening ceremony of the return capsule of China’s Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft was held on Monday in Beijing. The spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts who had worked in the space station Tianhe core module for 90 days was back to Earth on Sept. 17.

Chinese scientists have retrieved the latest experimental samples from the Tiangong space station, including seeds of certain crops for China's space breeding industry.

Staff workers take items out of the return capsule of Shenzhou-12 spacecraft at a ceremony in Beijing, China’s capital city, September 27, 2021. (China News Service/Zhao Jun)

China's first astronaut Yang Liwei hands over the items taken out of the capsule to a representative of China Post Group Corp, at a hatch-opening ceremony of return capsule of Shenzhou-12 spacecraft in Beijing, September 27, 2021. (China News Service/Zhao Jun)

A hatch-opening ceremony of the return capsule of China’s Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft?is held in Beijing, September 27, 2021. (China News Service/Zhao Jun)