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China booking place in Space Club! China's second manned space mission will be launched today, carrying two astronauts into orbit on a flight lasting several days, the Government announced yesterday. The mission will make China only the third member of an exclusive club of countries that have twice put a man into Earth orbit. A rocket carrying the Shenzhou VI space capsule will blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in China's north-west, the Xinhua News Agency said. An earlier Xinhua report said a crew had been picked from a field of six finalists but didn't give their names. A newspaper identified the pilot as Fei Junlong and said he would be accompanied by Nie Haisheng. The report by the Chongqing Morning Post did not give a source for its story. Nie was among three finalists for China's first manned space flight in 2003. Today's flight will be more complicated than the 2003 mission, according to state media. Read the rest of the article at: http://www.theage.com.au/handheld/articles/2005/10/11/1128796526725.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reproduced from 'The Age' Melbourne. Nasci Caldeira Melbourne Down Under
