BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Shenzhou-6, China's second manned spacecraft, had safely traveled in space for 100 hours as of 1:10 p.m. Sunday since it was lifted off Wednesday morning, Xinhua learned.

The vessel flew a total of 2.8 million km in the past days.

Chinese President Hu Jintao talked with the two taikonauts in space Saturday afternoon at the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center, praising their performance and wishing them a triumphant return.

The spacecraft was working well and they were feeling good, taikonaut Nie Haisheng said, adding that all space scientific experiments were carried out smoothly as planned.