The ground rescue team reported early Monday morning they had arrived at the appointed area of the primary landing site in Siziwang Banner (county), Inner Mongolia, waiting for the landing of Shenzhou-6, China's second manned spacecraft.

The rescuers got to the place by 14 special vehicles.

The two taikonauts, Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, aboard Shenzhou-6 which blasted off Wednesday morning, reported to ground��control earlier they were making preparations for return.

The latest weather forecast shows that weather conditions in the landing site are in favor of the spacecraft's landing.

Top Chinese leaders headed by Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People��s Congress (NPC), also arrived at Beijing Space Center to watch the return.

By PEople's Daily Online