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Topic: China's Shenzhou VI mission
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DavidH
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posted May 12, 2004 02:09 PM
   
Associated Press: China Planning Autumn 2005 Space Mission quote:
China plans to launch a pair of astronauts into orbit in autumn 2005 in its second manned space mission, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.The flight will last five to seven days, Xinhua said, citing Qi Faren, the space program's chief designer.
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John K. Rochester
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posted May 12, 2004 03:33 PM
It would be interesting to see if China would allow one of their taikonauts to be launched aboard a shuttle, when it resumes manned flight or would they continue to remain secretive about all aspects of their program. "One of the Chinese representatives was moved to tears..." Hey, "There's no crying in spaceflight!" ...Tom Hanks. IP: Logged |
Philip
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posted May 13, 2004 07:41 AM
Yes indeed, two crewmembers like in the "good old days" (Voshod & Gemini). So can we expect and EVA on the third Chinese flight?IP: Logged |
DavidH
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posted May 13, 2004 10:29 AM
According to that story, plans are for a space walk on Shenzhou VII, which will fly by 2010.------------------
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spaceuk
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posted July 28, 2004 01:02 PM
China is expected to launch its second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou VI, on a five-day mission in the second half of next year, state media quoted a Chinese space expert as saying Tuesday.Huang Chunping, chief of the China Manned Space Program's rocket carrier system, added China would realise its dream of space walk with the launch of Shenzhou VII, although he did not specify a date, Xinhua news agency reported. Huang, 66, who was speaking to children in a speech in Fuzhou, Fujian province, said the mainland also aimed to establish a laboratory in space by 2010 and a space station by 2015, the agency said. IP: Logged |
Kirsten
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posted July 28, 2004 02:58 PM
Do you have any more precise information on this mission, Phill? All the best, Kirsten IP: Logged |
spaceuk
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posted July 29, 2004 12:34 PM
No - that was the press release by agency.There was another story released about the training of Chinese women to become taikonauts but it would seem that any Chinese woman taikonaut is many years off. IP: Logged |
cosmos-walter
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posted July 30, 2004 05:04 PM
There will be two taikonauts onboard Shenzhou 6. Yang Liwei will not fly.Best regards from Salzburg
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DavidH
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posted December 23, 2004 11:40 AM
China has announced that the Shenzhou VI manned flight will take place in September. ------------------
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DavidH
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posted March 08, 2005 09:51 AM
Going a little bit further than the standard regurgitation of the small handful of facts China has leaked about Shenzhou VI, SpaceDaily has an article that includes some speculation on why it's taking China two years to launch its follow-up manned mission. ------------------
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Astro Bill
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posted March 26, 2005 10:42 PM
I can guess that the next Chinese mission will be an orbital mission of three taikonauts, skipping 2 (Gemini) because China already has a great deal of experience in space to examine - OURS.However, I have read the article that you mentioned, which says that two men will be launched on a 5-day trip. Shenzhou has room for 4 crew members, but apparently not for five days. They would get in each others way. I would have guessed a three-man mission lasting less than one day. IP: Logged |
DavidH
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posted March 28, 2005 09:47 AM
I wasn't aware that Shenzhou could carry four people. Where did you see that?------------------
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Astro Bill
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posted March 28, 2005 11:36 PM
According to China's Astronauts - The Shenzhou Transport Capsule - quote:
Shenzhou is a bit larger than Soyuz, which can seat up to three persons. China may intend, eventually, to fly four yuhangyuans in Shenzhou capsules.
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DavidH
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posted March 29, 2005 09:49 AM
Ah, very interesting. Thanks so much!------------------
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Astro Bill
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posted May 07, 2005 10:46 PM
China has announced that their next Shenzhou mission later this year will carry souvenir items, which will be placed on board for a fee. Is there more information on this?IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
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posted May 07, 2005 11:09 PM
If I am thinking of the same offer, then there is there is no fee involved, but its only open to Chinese nationals (living in the mainland, Hong Kong and elsewhere). Applications are currently being accepted and the best ideas will be accepted before the mission for flight.IP: Logged |
Rodina
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posted May 09, 2005 11:52 PM
I trust my Falun Gong banner will be rejected.
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lucspace
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From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted May 15, 2005 06:34 AM
Views of the new spaceship are here and here.Luc IP: Logged |
kosmonavtka
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From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted May 23, 2005 08:57 PM
If anyone is interested, there is a new page at the Go Taikonauts! site with diagrams of the Shenzhou spacecraft. IP: Logged |
lucspace
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posted June 12, 2005 12:39 PM
So, what's this about?Weird-looking headset... who is the taikonaut? Is this for real or pics of a movie being made about Shenzhou 5? Luc IP: Logged |
Tonyq
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Registered: Jul 2004
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posted June 12, 2005 05:28 PM
Undertaking a quick 'Babelfish' translation indicates this is a 'soap opera' (their words) about the Chinese space programme, so presumably the man featured is an actor!IP: Logged |
spaceuk
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posted September 07, 2005 11:05 AM
Suggesting Shenzhou VI may launch at end September rather than in October?Phill
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spaceuk
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posted September 19, 2005 01:25 PM
China's first taikonaut, Yang Liwei, will not be onboard the two-man Shenzhou VI mission, state news said earlier today.Phill
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spaceuk
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posted September 26, 2005 04:22 AM
China has announced 13 October 2005 for the launch date of Shenzhou VI.Phill
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z_tal_site
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Registered: Jan 2005
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posted September 26, 2005 02:11 PM
Somebody knows if the pairs Zhai-Wu / Nie-Li are confirmed as crews?Bye.
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Astro Bill
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posted October 08, 2005 04:40 PM
China has announced that their second manned mission (carrying two taikonauts) will take place on October 13th, however, cold weather may delay the launch. IP: Logged |
lucspace
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Registered: Oct 2003
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posted October 10, 2005 09:40 PM
Click away guys, some nice stuff here, but the Chinese version is better... just try anything.  Enjoy! Luc IP: Logged |
spaceuk
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posted October 11, 2005 06:22 AM
China will launch its second manned space mission from a remote desert region tomorrow morning Wednesday 12 October 2005, the official Xinhua news agency said.Phill
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Robert Pearlman
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posted October 11, 2005 12:23 PM
The unofficial website Go Taikonauts! has pictures of the three crews (as well as reports that the likely chosen two will be Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng) and that a launch time of 9:30 a.m. October 12 (Beijing Time) has been set. That would set the launch at 0130 GMT October 12 or 8:30 p.m. CDT tonight.IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
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posted October 11, 2005 06:57 PM
Launch is now said to be at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) (source: Xinhua)IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
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posted October 11, 2005 08:16 PM
Source: People's Daily quote:
China's second manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou-VI with astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng onboard, was lifted into the sky by a Long March II F carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province at 09:00 (local time) Oct 12, 2005.
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Robert Pearlman
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posted October 11, 2005 10:44 PM
"As a member of the Association of Space Explorers and a three-time space flyer, I am absolutely convinced that the more human presence there is in orbital space and beyond, the better for all humanity in understanding our place in a very limited one planet environment. We're all crew members in spaceship Earth. We've got to get that awareness into the minds of not only the people, but government officials around the world. So, more nations involved is better from that standpoint. "I am sure it is going to stimulate economic and maybe even political interest and maybe even some contention about the prospect of another nation in human space flight, but I think it should be viewed as, if anything, a positive tension - if its a tension at all - but again I applaud the Chinese government for both the committment and capability to do so. "We have to look forward to a successful launch and a succesful return of any and all taikonauts and Chinese flyers to space and back again." - Space Shuttle payload specialist Charlie Walker in an interview with collectSPACE this afternoon from the 19th annual Association of Space Explorers (ASE) Planetary Congress in Salt Lake City, Utah. ASE has extended invitations, through the United Nations, to China's flown taikonauts to take part in their organization. IP: Logged |
spaceuk
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posted October 12, 2005 08:13 AM
We've had pretty good visual coverage in UK of this launch through major tv news channels today.We saw the two taikonauts dressed in the flight suits parading through the small snow storm at the space centre enroute to the launch vehicle. We saw the vehicle on pad and then the mission control centre in last few seconds of countdown - consoles labeled in Chinese as you would imagine! Then we saw the liftoff and several exterior tv camera shots looking down the rocket body towards earth. We saw what I think was Shenzhou VI a short distance away taken from a camera on the last (?) stage of rocket. Later we saw the two taikonauts in orbit still in their couches. May be more tv coverage later today? Phill
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spaceuk
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posted October 12, 2005 08:28 AM
China news agency put this story out on what is obviously a display collectible on its return: quote:
(Xinhuanet) -- Shenzhou-6 spacecraft, China's second manned space mission and first to send two astronauts into orbit, is the first to carry a Chinese language newspaper to space. A special issue commemorating Shenzhou-6 space flight of Shanghai-based Jiefang Daily, one of China's leading newspapers, is also possible the first newspaper send to space by mankind, according to professional search results. The special issue carries the essay of On Earth, printed by Jiefang Daily's predecessor Shenbao 100 years ago, the first on astronomy ever present by a Chinese newspaper. Theories in the essay are recorded in ancient Chinese books, indicating the Chinese exploration of the space thousands of years ago, and sending the special issue into space is designed to marking the long history of space quest, said Yin Minghua, president of the Jiefang Daily Group. The newspaper is made of silk, a first-class writing material in ancient China, to better keep its color and quality. Carried by China's most technologically advanced Shenzhou-6 capsule, it also symbolizes Chinese heritage of their long civilization. The 50-gram paper is put in the re-entry module. It is not certain whether the two astronauts aboard will read it in space. Also sent into the space are four embroidery pieces featuring signs of China's second manned space flight and Chinese astronaut center, a painting of Chairman Mao Zedong announcing the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and a Chinese character of "Fu" or happiness. The first three pieces will be used for scientific research after the craft returns. Each of the four weighs no more than 200 grams.
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ejectr
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posted October 12, 2005 08:33 AM
Any two-line-element data anywhere. I just updated mine on my satellite tracking software and the latest was "Object A" but it is too high of an inclination angle.IP: Logged |
Steve Procter
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posted October 12, 2005 08:39 AM
The BBC website has a feature on the launch on their news page "In pictures - China second space mission": eight photos of the crew, launch and Chinese 'reaction'.Steve IP: Logged |
MrSpace86
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posted October 12, 2005 09:12 AM
I don't care what people say or think, but all the manned spaceflight technology the Chinese are using look like a carbon copy of the Russian technology. Spacesuits, spacecraft, the top part of their rocket, it's insane. What's next? A Mir Space Station with a Chinese flag attached to one of the modules? -Rodrigo IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
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posted October 12, 2005 09:22 AM
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Originally posted by MrSpace86:
I don't care what people say or think, but all the manned spaceflight technology the Chinese are using look like a carbon copy of the Russian technology.
Rhetorical question: if you don't care for the input of others, why should they care for your opinion?A wise person (okay, it was my mother) once told me, Don't judge a book by its cover. The Chinese have been forthcoming about the fact they based on their initial development on Russian technology, but why would anyone today want to reinvent the wheel? IP: Logged |
Philip
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posted October 12, 2005 10:31 AM
Well I guess you all noticed how much space there was in the capsule. Next a three-person crew that's for sure.IP: Logged |
MrSpace86
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posted October 12, 2005 02:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Rhetorical question: if you don't care for the input of others, why should they care for your opinion?
I dunno, I guess I'm mad because they couldn't do it on their own. It's like Buran and STS. It was obvious. At least the Chinese shouldn't be as obvious. So becoming a superpower means copying someone else's work?-Rodrigo IP: Logged |
