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Dongfeng landing site
Coverage of Dongfeng landing site in the Nexus archive.
- China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts return to Earth after being briefly 'stranded', wrapping up record-breaking mission (video)
China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts returned to Earth on May 29, 2026, after a brief 'stranding,' completing a record-breaking mission. Recovery crews assisted astronaut Zhang Lu at the Dongfeng Landing Site in Inner Mongolia.
- Chinese astronauts land safely in former top secret nuclear missile test site
Chinese astronauts from Shenzhou-21 returned to Earth after a 200-day mission in Tiangong space station, setting a record for the longest on-orbit stay by a Chinese crew. They landed at the Dongfeng site in Inner Mongolia via Shenzhou-22 spacecraft, with their stay extended due to an emergency mission for the prior crew.