Posts Tagged ‘astronauts’

China: the gears for the astronauts of Shenzhou VI will be lighter

June 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
combinations for the astronauts of the second Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou VI to be launched in September 2005, will be lighter, reported Wednesday the Beijing-Matin.
Unlike suits brought in the Shenzhou V, those designed for Shenzhou VI astronauts are much lighter and can be easily removed after the astronauts had entered the cabin, the newspaper said, [...]

Two Chinese astronauts fly into space next year

June 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Chinese Society of Sciences and Technologies Aerospace announced that the Shenzhou VI spacecraft on board which will take place two astronauts will be launched in 2005 for a trip of 5 days in orbit.
In 2003, China had successfully sent a man into space for the first time thanks to its Shenzhou V, which circled [...]

China will select women astronauts in 2005

April 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Huang Chunping, Head of System rocket carrying the Chinese Astronautical Engineering, revealed during a conference of Astronautics in Fuzhou that China will select women astronauts in 2005 and they will first training of flight technique, and training of space flight.
It was expected that the spacecraft “Shenzhou VI” will be launched during the second half of [...]

Russia launches spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the ISS

November 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Russia launched a spacecraft on Monday morning, which carries three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan).
A Soyuz rocket was launched at 9:18 local time (03H18 GMT) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in western Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz TMA-4 produced in Russia in orbit to the ISS with three aboard astronauts, including [...]

China will seek female astronauts in 2005

November 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
China plans to select women astronauts in late 2005. The first candidates will come from all regions of the country and all backgrounds, including Hong Kong SAR and Macao, has revealed the MP Hu Shixiang, deputy director of Chinese engineering Astronautical inhabited present at the 2nd Session of the Tenth APN during an interview with [...]

Two Chinese astronauts are sent into space in 2005

October 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
La Chine prévoie d’envoyer deux taikonautes à bord d’un vaisseau spatial en 2005 pour une mission de 5 à 7 jours, et d’établir ensuite une station spatiale, selon le journal parlé de la Télévision centrale de Chine.
Wang Yongzhi, chief designer of the manned flight program, said that preparations for the construction of the Shenzhou VI [...]