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Shenzhou VI flight 'after October holiday'
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-09-12 06:51
China plans to launch its second manned space mission after the National Day holiday
next month, Beijing News reported Sunday.
The launch will occur after the October 1-7 holiday, the report said. It did
not cite a source for its report.
The spacecraft Shenzhou VI will be launched from the Jiuquan Space Launch
Center in northwest China's Gansu province, using a Long March 2F rocket, the
report said.
The space flight will involve two astronauts, as previously reported, and
will last 119 hours or five days, the newspaper said.
Technical officials have arrived at the Jiuquan launching base, it said.
The Shanghai Morning Post reported earlier this month that the mission could
take place as early as this month or October, citing Zhang Qingwei, president of
the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The mission will differ markedly from China's first manned space voyage, the
Shenzhou V, which was a solo flight that lasted 21 hours in October 2003.
China is only the third to send a person into space, after Russia and the
United States.
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