Live video showing the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-8 spacecraft after its landing in Siziwang Banner is seen on a monitor screen in the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 17, 2011. The Shenzhou-8 unmanned spacecraft returned to Earth Thursday evening after completing the country's first docking mission with target orbiter Tiangong-1. (Xinhua/Wang Yongzhuo)

BEIJING -- Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Chang Wanquan announced Thursday evening that the nation's first-ever space rendezvous and docking mission was a complete success.