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Pro-Beijing Newspaper In Hong Kong Names China Astronauts
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2003 The leading candidate to be on China's first manned space mission, and in the process become a household name, was identified as Yang Liwei by a pro-Beijing newspaper Tuesday. The Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po said Yang topped a list of three astronauts who have been whittled down from an initial batch of 14 following physical and psychological examinations. Second in the pecking order is Zhai Zhigang and third is Nie Haisheng, according to the newspaper, which has proved a reliable source of news on the launch. However, it remains unclear how many astronauts will be inside Shenzhou V when it blasts off from the Gobi desert in north China's Inner Mongolia region sometime between Wednesday and Friday. Yang, who was born in 1965 and is married, hails from Saizhong county in northeastern China's Liaoning province. Earlier reports had suggested Li Qinglong or Wu Jie, who were trained in Russia, would be China's first man in space. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express The Chinese Space Program - News, Policy and Technology China News from SinoDaily.com
Taikonauts On Moon A Far Off Dream For China Yet
Beijing (XNA) Jan 05, 2006A one-year lunar fly-by mission may start in April 2007 in China, but a manned flight to the Earth's neighbour may be a long way away, a chief lunar exploration scientist said last night. |
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