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China announces second space mission with humans onboard

Beijing, China - Two astronauts to stay in space for five to seven days in 2005

Wang Yongqing, one of the directors of China’s space programme, announced last Saturday that two astronauts will be staying in space for five to seven days onboard space ship Shenzhou VI as part of a mission which should take place in 2005. AVIONEWS published the news last October, when Yang Li Wei turned 14 times around the Earth onboard Shenzhou V during a mission which last 21 hours. According t...

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