China has successfully launched Shenzou-10, its fifth manned spacecraft, toward the Tiangong-1 module, on June 11. Shenzou-10’s crew, Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping, the second female Chinese taikonaut, will spend 14 days in orbit. “You have made Chinese people feel proud of ourselves,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping addressing the three taikonauts. “You have trained and prepared yourselves [...]
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Shenzhou-9 Preparing to Put Crew on Chinese Space Station
A report on June 9 from the official Chinese news agency Xinhua indicates that the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft will be launching aboard a Long March-2F rocket in mid-June. The craft will carry a crew of three and will perform the first manned docking with China’s orbital space lab, Tiangong-1. “It means China’s spacecraft will become a genuine manned shuttle tool between [...]
Possible Identities of Chinese Astronauts Revealed
A pair of international space observers claim to have discovered the names of China’s second group of astronauts, or “taikonauts” the identities of whom have been a closely-guarded secret. The alleged discovery was made by Tony Quine, a spaceflight memorabilia collector and contributor to the British Interplanetary Society’s Spaceflight magazine, who discovered a postmarked envelope on a German space dealer’s [...]
