The official Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday Shenzhou 6 will have a four- or five-day flight with two astronauts aboard, citing Sun Laiyan, director of China National Space Administration.

The astronauts will carry out unspecified scientific tests while in orbit, Xinhua said.

The government said earlier it hoped to carry out the flight before the end of 2005.

If it occurs, it will come two years after China became the third nation to launch a human into space on its own, firing Yang Liwei into orbit.

In October 2003, Yang circled the Earth 14 times and landed by parachute in China''s northern grasslands after a 21 1/2-hour flight.

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China attaches enormous national pride to its space program, and Yang has become a celebrity. In addition to China, only Russia and the United States have sent humans into space on their own.

State media has said 14 astronauts -- all military pilots -- were in training for the flight.

部分词汇解释>

space mission 航天任务

orbit

n.轨道, 势力范围, 生活常规, 眼眶

vt.绕...轨道而行

vi.进入轨道, 沿轨道飞行, 盘旋

parachute n.降落伞

 

 

 

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