Spaceflight

DATE:24/10/05
SOURCE:Flight International
Taikonauts back
China’s second manned spaceflight ended on 17 October with the return of taikonauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng aboard the Shenzhou 6 re-entry capsule, after a 4 day 19h 32min orbital spaceflight. Russia has begun training Brazil’s first astronaut for a flight to the International Space Station in March 2006.

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