17 after completing the first crewed mission aboard the Tianhe space station module.

The three Shenzhou-12 astronauts had on Wednesday completed a 90-day stay aboard the core module for China’s under-construction space station.

The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft separated from the Tianhe module then carried out circumnavigation of Tianhe and a radial rendezvous test.

China Space News reported that Shenzhou-12 approached as close as 19 meters from Tianhe.

The mission was the third of 11 missions scheduled to construct, supply and inhabit China’s three-module, 66-metric-ton space station.

The Tianhe core module launched in April and is the first of three space station modules.

Tianhe hosted the three Shenzhou-12 astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo from June 17 to September 15. .

It will provide supplies and other equipment for the six-month-long visit to Tianhe of the three Shenzhou-13 astronauts