China's Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship undocked from the space station combination on Friday and will begin the return mission to bring the Shenzhou-20 astronauts back to Earth, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

The spaceship separated from the space station combination at 11:14 a.m. and will later re-enter the atmosphere and return under ground command control, with astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie on board.