China Plans Manned Space Flight October 15

epmos writes "As previously reported on /., China is working toward launching a manned space flight Real Soon Now(tm). Many news sites have stories suggesting it could be as soon as a week away. The flight is expected to last about 90 minutes and complete one orbit." According to some of these stories, though, there's speculation about the flight lasting up to 24 hours.

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chinese-american running space station

[peter303]

Chinese-American astronaut Ed Lu has been on the International Space Station since April and will be returning later this month in a Soyuz capsule. You can read his blog here .

Re:Low gravity eating?

[TheAntiCrust]

Not if you stabbed fast enough! The steak should have enough inertia that it wont accelerate fast enough to get away from the fork before the fork penetrates it. Sort of like spearing a fish in water. There is nothing on the other side of the fish, but the spear goes through if you do it fast enough.

Chinese space program pics

[finchman]

Here is the Chinese space program in all its glory.

The China Space Capsule (space.com)

The China Manned launch vehicle (SpaceDaily.com)

The China Manned Launch vehicle (SpaceDaily.com)

Re:Keeping up with the Chans

[cje]

Remember who was first in space? Not John Glenn, but Yuri Gagarin.

John Glenn wasn't even the first American in space.

Few people remember Al Sheppard anymore. :(