¡¡¡¡BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The re-entry module of China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou-5 has just departed from the propulsion module and its speed is being reduced on the way back to the Earth as the retros were ignited, Xinhua learned.

¡¡¡¡The Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center sent a messageat about 5:35 a.m. Thursday (Beijing time) to Shenzhou-5 instructing it to return to the Earth as planned.

¡¡¡¡Shenzhou-5, shown on a three-dimensional screen in the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center, made a gentle turnaround upon receiving the order.

¡¡¡¡By press time, the spacecraft has completed readjustment of itsattitude for the return, followed by separation of the re-entry module from the orbital module and of the re-entry module from thepropulsion module. The re-entry module is expected to land in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in more than 20 minutes. Enditem