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CST 8:07 a.m. on June 26^th, three astronauts returned to Earth safely in the Shenzhou X reentry module. The module landed on Inner Mongolia grasslands. After the 15-day journey in space, three astronauts are all in good physical condition. When the door of reentry module was opened, ground staff greeted these three space heroes warmly: "Welcome home!"

The weather in Amu Gurung grasslands of Inner Mongolia is in good condition today, as if it's waiting for the astronauts to come back.

At 7:17 a.m., three astronauts seated themselves in the reentry module, dressed up the special space suit. Then the door of reentry module was closed, ready for retuning to Earth.

At 7:30 a.m., Shenzhou X reentry module went into normal return trajectory.

At 7:47 a.m., the reentry module separated from propulsion module.

At 7:57 a.m., Shenzhou X reentry module flew off the blackout range.

At 8:07 a.m., the reentry module landed safely on a sun-lit grassland in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

At 9:25a.m, Nie Haisheng, commander of the Shenzhou X crew, was the first to come out of the bowl-like module, followed by Wang Yaping, the only female astronaut in the mission, and then Zhang Xiaoguang.

During a brief welcoming ceremony held at the landing area, the astronauts waved merrily to a crowd composed of military officers, the search and recovery team, and health personnel.

Later, three astronauts gave their speech on returning home. Nie Haisheng said: "This is my second mission. I feel familiar when setting my feet on my homeland. It feels really good to be back home. At this moment, I want to say that space is our dream; the motherland will be our home forever. Wish our country more prosperous."

Zhang Xiaoguang said: "I am very excited right now. We are dreamers, and we have now fulfilled our dream. Our space dream has no boundary, and our hard work will never cease."

Wang Yaping said: "I wonder how the students feel about my first lesson from space." When the journalist told her the lesson was very good. She smiled and said: "Wish all youngsters have dreams. If you can dream it, you can achieve it."