Shenzhou-6 launches successfully

Shenzhou-6 launch
AP photo from BBC

Fei Junlong, 40 and Nie Haisheng, 41, have become the second and third Chinese nationals in space with today's successful launch of the Shenzhou-6 Chinese spacecraft. The craft, atop a Long March 2F rocket was launched at 0900 Beijing time, 0400 US Eastern time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Gansu Province in the Northwest of China. This is the same launch facility and pad as the October 2003 flight of Yang Liwei aboard Shenzhou-5.

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• Wikipedia article on Shenzhou-6


• Xinhua News Agency - in English (Chinaview) main Page


• Xinhua News Agency Shenzhou-6 page


• Xinhua News Agency Shenzhou-6 photos


• China Daily main page


• China Daily Shenzhou-6 page


• PLA Daily of the Chinese People's Liberation Army


• PLA Shenzhou-6 page


• People's Daily Home


• People's Daily - Shenzhou VI


• Rabbit and Crow blog with a post on the launch


• Shenzhou-6 FAQ at Mark Wade's magnificent Encylopedia Astronautica


• SPACE.com article


• Space Facts


• Shenzhou-6 page at Spaceflight Now


• BBC Coverage


• CollectSpace message board on SZ-6 patches
• MSNBC stories with streaming video of launch