The recovery team works on the Shenzhou-13 capsule after it touched down at 9:56 a.m. Saturday at the Dongfeng landing site in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Photo: Peng Yuan/Xinhua

Ye Guangfu is helped out of the capsule after landing. The Shenzhou-13 crew exited the capsule 1 hour and 10 minutes after touching down. Photo: Lian Zhen/Xinhua

The recovery team helps Zhai Zhigang out of the capsule. Photo: Lian Zhen/Xinhua

Wang Yaping waves as she gets helped out of the capsule. Photo: Lian Zhen/Xinhua

The three astronauts spent six months in space, setting a new record for a single Chinese space mission. They completed two spacewalks and carried out multiple scientific experiments and educational and cultural activities while in space. Photo: Courtesy of China Manned Space Agency

Wang Yaping poses for photos inside the Tianhe core module during the Shenzhou-13 mission. Photo: Courtesy of China Manned Space Agency

Zhai Zhigang (left) and Ye Guangfu holding Chinese couplets they wrote to celebrate the Lantern Festival inside the Tianhe core module. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV

The Shenzhou-13 crew pose for photos to mark the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Photo: Courtesy of China Manned Space Agency

The manned spaceship Shenzhou-13 was launched atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gobi Desert on Oct. 16, 2021. Photo: VCG