Article Photos: Chinese astronauts parachute land after mission



  In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, China's first female astronaut Liu Yang waves as she is carried after coming out of the re-entry capsule, right, of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Friday, June 29, 2012. Liu and two other crew members emerged smiling from the capsule that returned safely to earth Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future space station. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ren Junchuan) NO SALES

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, China's first female astronaut Liu Yang waves as she is carried after coming out of the re-entry capsule, right, of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Friday, June 29, 2012. Liu and two other crew members emerged smiling from the capsule that returned safely to earth Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future space station. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ren Junchuan) NO SALES