China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft has returned to Earth, after completing a manned docking test critical to its goal of building a space station by 2020.
The spacecraft touched down in China's north-western Inner Mongolia with its three-person crew, including the country's first woman astronaut Liu Yang.
Beijing has hailed the nearly two-week mission as a technical breakthrough for the country's growing space programme.
The launch and docking exercises with the experimental Tiangong 1 space lab module were carried live on state television.
