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Shenzhou 6 To Fly Up To A Week In Orbit
Beijing - Feb 23, 2004 Shenzhou VI, China's second manned space flight to be launched next year, is scheduled to fly five to seven days, says Wang Yongzhi, chief designer of China's manned space program. Two astronauts were expected to fly in Shenzhou VI, China's CCTV quoted Wang as saying. The design resembles that of Shenzhou V, but this time, the astronauts would step into the orbital module and conduct various types of experiments there. A Long March II F carrier rocket would still launch the space flight. The rocket was in production and preparations for ShenzhouVI's flight had begun, Wang acknowledged. Wang went on to say that the astronaut team was to start training for the Shenzhou VI flight in March. Yang Liwei, a memberof the team, successfully completed China's first manned space flight in October last year. China would launch a space station of larger scale with greaterexperimental capacity following Shenzhou VII and Shenzhou VIII, Wang told CCTV. Source: Xinhua News 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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