Китай планирует запустить на орбиту космическую станцию.
РБК. 21.02.2004, Пекин 16:18:22. Китай планирует продолжить свою космическую программу. Как сообщает CNN, "отец" китайской космической программы Вэн Йонгин в настоящее время работает над проектом двухместного космического корабля Shenzhou VI. Космонавты пробудут на орбите несколько недель. После этого Китай перейдет к созданию космической станции с постоянным обитанием на ней нескольких космонавтов.
Напомним, что на этой неделе глава Китая Ху Цзиньтао за создание первого национального космического корабля вручил В.Йонгину премию размером в 605 тыс. долл.
China, which last year became the third nation to blast a man into space, plans to send two astronauts up on a five-to-seven-day mission in 2005 and later build a space station, state television reported on Saturday.
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Shenzhou VI's mainframe ready
It is disclosed by the authorities concerned that Shenzhou VI, China's second manned spacecraft has seen the completed construction of its major components and will soon enter the phases for assembling, readjustment and testing. The new spacecraft is expected to be launched within a period of one or two years.Shenzhou VI bears basic technical similarities with its predecessor Shenzhou V. What makes it different from Shenzhou V is it will take two to three astronauts into space with more payloads for experiments and a longer flight schedule. Shenzhou VI will basically keep the same size, weight and equipment that its predecessor had. As Shenzhou V has already been designed with the capacity for three astronauts and 7-day long flight, Shenzhou VI will only see an increasing number of astronauts and days of flight.
China's manned spacecraft program is phased to complete in 20 years. Phase I is supposed to see the breakthroughs in manned spacecraft technologies. Shenzhou V and VI are literally in this phase. Phase II will work on the space lab project, establishing the space lab to be taken care of by man on a short term basis and able to run automatically on its own for a long period of time, realizing the connection between spacecrafts or target flying vehicles, and enabling the astronaut to walk outside the space lab. Phase III will see the establishment of a permanent space station able to last for 5-15 years or longer period of time.
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