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Chinese astronauts comfortable in orbit
2005-10-11 19:39:54 Xinhua English


The pair of Chinese astronauts in orbit about 350 km above the Earth said they were "feeling well" and everything is normal. (Xinhua photo)

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The pair of Chinese astronauts in orbit about 350 km above the Earth said they were "feeling well" and everything is normal.

A senior official has just declared the success of China's second manned space mission successful.

"Normal" is the most used term during the half hour since the launch Wednesday morning in the dialogue between the control centers in Beijing and remote Gobi Desert Jiuquan and the spacemen in space.

They reported to the doctor on the ground that they are well and physical conditions are good.

They were even comfortably flipping and reading flight books, proving that they felt at ease and more comfortable than Yang Liwei, the first Chinese into space who said he felt strong tremor about 120 seconds after liftoff.

Yang, now a national hero, is also among the audience in the Jiuquan launch center together with top Chinese leaders including Premier Wen Jiabao.

Colonel Fei Junlong and Colonel Nie Haisheng, in their much spacious cabin than Shenzhou-5, uncovered their spacesuits' face shield, waving hands to people on the ground and, probably, millions of Chinese who are sitting before TV sets for this historic moment.

Wen said in his congratulation speech minuets ago that "We launches Shenzhou-6 out of peaceful purpose." China sent its first piloted spacecraft into space two years ago and become only the third country able to carry manned space mission.

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