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UPDATED: 13:57, October 12, 2005 |
| Fei Junlong, Nie Haisheng: Taikongnauts on Shenzhou-VI |
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Shenzhou-VI astronauts Fei Junlong (L) and Nie Haisheng, before their space mission, Oct. 12, 2005.
Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong (L Front), Nie Haisheng (R Front), Zhai Zhigang, Wu Jie, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng (L to R Rear) in the astronaut apartment building Wentiange at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 12, 2005. Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were waiting to carry out the space flight mission of China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 Oct. 12. (Xinhua photo)
Shenzhou-VI astronauts Fei Junlong (L) and Nie Haisheng
Astronaut of spacecraft Shenzhou-6 Fei Junlong, 40, from Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province, was selected as one of the five astronaut candidates in intensified training for China's first manned space flight -- Shenzhou-5, which blast into space in October 2003. He was enrolled in the Chinese Air Force in 1982, and selected as one of the astronauts for the Shenzhou-6 mission in June, 2005.
Astronaut of spacecraft Shenzhou-6 Nie Haisheng, 41, from Zaoyang City, central China's Hubei Province, was selected as one of the three finalists for Shenzhou-5. The other two were Yang Liwei and Zhai Zhigang. He entered the flight training school of the Air Force in 1984, and was selected as one of the two astronauts for the Shenzhou-6 mission in June, 2005.
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