China’s Shenzhou-20 crew completed their in-orbit handover

China’s Shenzhou-20 crew on Tuesday completed their in-orbit handover with the Shenzhou-21 crew and will return to Earth on Wednesday. At the handover ceremony at the Tianhe core module of the Chinese Space Station, all six astronauts from the two teams signing confirmation forms.

Chen Dong, commander of the Shenzhou-20 crew, handed over the symbolic key to the space station to Zhang Lu, commander of the Shenzhou-21 crew. The Shenzhou-21 crewed spacecraft was launched into space on Friday atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket.