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China Launches Two Astronauts Into Space

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the the-more-the-merrier dept.

DIY News writes to tell us that China has launched their second manned space mission just two years after becoming only the third nation to launch a human into orbit. Astronauts Fei Julong and Nie Haisheng took off Wednesday at 9:00 pm EST (0100 GMT) for a mission that could last up to five days.

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  1. News before it happened? by Raistlin77 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 11, @11:02PM

    DIY News writes to tell us that China has launched their second manned space mission just two years after becoming only the third nation to launch a human into orbit. Astronauts Fei Julong and Nie Haisheng took off Wednesday at 9:00 pm EST (0100 GMT) for a mission that could last up to five days.

    Slashdot definitely needs to get the news out more timely, like better than 3 days after the event, but the night before is just silly...