In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, astronaut Li Guangsu waves as he is carried out of the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-18 manned space mission after it landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, early Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Li Xin/Xinhua via AP)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, astronaut Li Cong waves as he is carried out of the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-18 manned space mission after it landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the early Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Lian Zhen/Xinhua via AP)

FILE -Chinese astronauts for the Shenzhou-18 mission, from right, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu wave as they attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-18 manned space mission, center, carrying carrying astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu lands successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the early Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Lian Zhen/Xinhua via AP)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, astronaut Ye Guangfu waves near the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-18 manned space mission after it landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the early Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Li Xin/Xinhua via AP)