Next Shenzhou mission expected soon
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005, 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
Chinese officials said this week that the launch of Shenzhou 6, China's second manned spaceflight, would take place either this month or next. Zhang Qingwei, president of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, told a Shanghai newspaper that the mission would be launched in "September or October", but was not more specific. Previous reports from China had suggested that the flight would take place around mid-October, almost exactly two years after the historic Shenzhou 5 launch. The mission will have a two-man crew that will spend up to a week in orbit, compared to the one-man, one-day flight of Shenzhou 5. Zhang said that several pairs of astronauts had been picked for the mission, but the final crew selection would depend on their performance in "real tests".
Chinese officials said this week that the launch of Shenzhou 6, China's second manned spaceflight, would take place either this month or next. Zhang Qingwei, president of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, told a Shanghai newspaper that the mission would be launched in "September or October", but was not more specific. Previous reports from China had suggested that the flight would take place around mid-October, almost exactly two years after the historic Shenzhou 5 launch. The mission will have a two-man crew that will spend up to a week in orbit, compared to the one-man, one-day flight of Shenzhou 5. Zhang said that several pairs of astronauts had been picked for the mission, but the final crew selection would depend on their performance in "real tests".
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Space Force picks 14 companies for GEO surveillance program
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Friday, April 17
ESA and Canada sign agreement on the exchange of classified information
ESA — 7:11 am ET (1111 GMT) Canada, ESA Sign Security Information Accord
Aviation Week — 7:09 am ET (1109 GMT) Update: SPACECOM move, incentives
Axios — 7:07 am ET (1107 GMT) Colorado Springs still vital to military space industry, leaders say, even after Space Command move
Colorado Public Radio — 7:07 am ET (1107 GMT) Lockheed Martin Secures $105 Million U.S. Space Force Contract to Advance GPS Ground Control Modernization
Lockheed Martin — 7:06 am ET (1106 GMT) |
