China To Launch Second Manned Mission

Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 16, 2005 @02:46PM from the weee-look-at-the-view! dept.

the_central_kingdom wrote to mention a Xinhuanet article discussing a second upcoming Chinese spacecraft launch in October. From the article: "Although Sun did not provide details about the new mission, space officials earlier said China has been preparing for the second manned venture into outer space since the first mission, piloted by Yang Liwei, almost two years ago. Sun Laiyan, chief of the China National Space Administration, earlier told China Daily that Shenzhou VI will carry two men into orbit for five or six days. "

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China To Launch Second Manned Mission

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