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	ShenZhou Manned Spacecraft - SinoDefence.com
		ShenZhou (“Magic Vessel” or “Divine Vessel”) is a three-module manned spacecraft developed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST, also known as 5th Space Academy) and Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) for China’s manned space programme—Project 921.
		The ShenZhou spacecraft is similar to the Soviet Union/Russian Soyuz in general design and capability, but with a larger size and an extra pair of solar panels.
		The spacecraft is capable of carrying up to three astronauts for a flight mission of up to a week, with the orbital module capable of flying autonomously for up to six months.
	www.sinodefence.com /strategic/mannedspace/shenzhou.asp (972 words)

	Shenzhou 6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shenzhou 6 (Chinese: 神舟六号) was the second human spaceflight of the People's Republic of China, launched on 12 October 2005 on a Long March rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
		Unlike with the Soyuz spacecraft, this is done before the re-entry burn, allowing the orbital module to stay in orbit for extended months-long missions or to act as a docking target for later flights.
		It is also possible for the Shenzhou spacecraft to splashdown in the ocean should the need arise, with further recovery crews in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shenzhou_6 (2871 words)

	Shenzhou spacecraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; Hanyu Pinyin: Shén zhōu) is the name of a spacecraft from the People's Republic of China which first carried a Chinese astronaut into orbit on October 15, 2003.
		The Shenzhou spacecraft closely resembles the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, although it is substantially larger and features a powered orbital module capable of autonomous flight.
		The fifth launch, Shenzhou 5, was the first to carry a human (Yáng Lìwěi) and occurred at 9:00 CST (UTC +8) on October 15, 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shenzhou_spacecraft (1346 words)

	Spacecraft Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LaunchBase.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Spacecraft include robotic or unmanned space probes as well as manned vehicles.
		Spacecraft must be engineered to withstand the environmental rigors of outer space.
		For spacecraft near the Sun, solar panels are frequently employed for this purpose.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Spacecraft (468 words)

	Shenzhou spacecraft information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; Pinyin: Shén Zhōu) is a spacecraft from the People's Republic of China which first carried a Chinese astronaut into orbit on October 15, 2003.
		The Shenzhou spacecraft closely resembles the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, although it is substantially larger and features a powered orbital module capable of autonomous flight.
		The fifth launch, Shenzhou 5, was the first to carry a human (Yáng Lìwěi) and occurred at 9:00 CST (UTC +8) on October 15, 2003.
	www.search.com /reference/Shenzhou_spacecraft (1336 words)

	China's Shenzhou III Spacecraft Finishes Major Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Officials in charge of Shenzhou III have already declared that although the craft carried no humans, it was "technically adapted for astronauts".
		The Shenzhou II was launched on January 10, 2001, with the re-entry module orbiting the earth 108 times in six days, while an orbital module remained in orbit for nine months, successfully performing a series of tests.
		The Shenzhou II module's return was greeted by a press flout that left Western analysts suspecting a re-entry failure.
	www.rense.com /general30/CHINA.HTM (337 words)

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		Four earlier Shenzhou spacecraft have already made orbital flights, but unlike these unmanned test vehicles, Shenzhou 5 is expected to carry a crew of up to three (accounts vary) young Chinese military pilots.
		Shenzhou 1, the first unmanned test vehicle, was launched on November 20, 1999, and spent less than a day in orbit.
		Shenzhou’s launch escape system is based on the “tractor rocket” scheme originally developed for NASA’s Mercury flights in the early 1960s and later adopted by the designers of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft.
	www.jamesoberg.com /10012003chinagreatleap_chi.html (3620 words)

	21-hour voyage of China's first spacecraft successful
		The next order of pose adjusting from Beijing was smoothly transmitted to the spacecraft via No.3 survey ship, which had fulfilled tracing and survey mission of the spacecraft at 18:58 hours after it has sent out a series of remote orders related to pose adjusting, detaching of the orbit cabinet and brake application.
		When "Shenzhou" craft lowered to the height of some 40 km, a plasma shell, formed on the surface of the spacecraft, produced electromagnetic shielding, so that the ground-spacecraft communications suspended for a while.
		The spacecraft was landed with loadfulls of scientific experiment data, after a space voyage of 21 full hours for China's first spacecraft.
	www.fas.org /spp/guide/china/piloted/991121-prc-space2.htm (961 words)

	Shenzhou
		Shenzhou would be used to develop manned spaceflight techniques (extravehicular activity, rendezvous and docking) and later serve as a ferry to Chinese space stations.
		Shenzhou 2 was the first test of an all-up flight model of the spacecraft, with a functioning orbital module.
		Shenzhou 2 made three orbit-raising manoeuvres during its flight, reaching a 330 x 345 km orbit by the end of the initial phase of the mission.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/shenzhou.htm (9920 words)

	ShenZhou 5 Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The landing of ShenZhou 2 occurred on January 16 but no coverage of the recovery were released, generating suggestions in the West that the vehicle had crashed or sustained damage upon landing, possibly indicating a problem with the parachute recovery system resulting in a much heavier impact on landing.
		ShenZhou 4: In what became the final unmanned test flight of the programme prior to orbiting a human passenger, ShenZhou 4 was launched on the early hours of 30 December 2002 (BT) on a one-week mission.
		This spacecraft was an identical vehicle to the one planned to carry a crew, with operational automatic and manual controls, emergency systems, a functional instrument panel, operational life support system and a few crew equipment provisions (sleeping bag, food, medical kit, hygiene articles and other equipment).
	www.astroinfoservice.co.uk /html/shenzhou_5_report.html (1923 words)

	Space Today Online - Chinese astronauts called yuhangyuans fly in Shenzhou capsules
		Shenzhou designer Qi Faren was quoted by a government newspaper before the flight as saying, "The craft may land in the ocean or in the forests in a hostile environment.
		Shenzhou's chief designer was Qi Faren, who had been one of the designers of China's first satellite and who had been appointed the general designer of Chinese spacecraft in 1992.
		Shenzhou spacecraft are blasted off from the isolated Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest Gansu province in the Gobi Desert a thousand miles west of the capital city of Beijing.
	www.spacetoday.org /China/ChinaTaikonauts.html (3989 words)

	Shenzhou 6 Safely Returns Taikonauts
		State media have said the Shenzhou VI was scheduled to land in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia early Monday after five days in space, although the exact timing of the return could be subject to last-minute adjustment because of the weather.
		Shenzhou VI is carrying enough food, water and oxygen for a seven-day mission although planners had expected a five-day journey.
		Shenzhou VI is scheduled to land in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia early Monday after five days in space, although the exact timing of the return could be subject to last-minute adjustment due to the weather, state media has said.
	www.sinodaily.com /news/china-05zzzzzzzzzg.html (1665 words)

	China Launches Shenzhou IV Spacecraft \| SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
		As was the case with its three predecessors, Shenzhou IV is unmanned.
		Shenzhou is larger than a Soyuz with greater power generating capacity and maneuvering capability.
		Shenzhou was developed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology and the Shanghai Aerospace Technology Research Institute under the auspices of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Company Group.
	www.spaceref.com /news/viewnews.html?id=660 (763 words)

	[FPSPACE] articles from People's Liberation army...
		"Shenzhou" far exceeds US = "Mercury" and the former Soviet Union's "Vostok" in terms of lift-off = mass and maximum cabin diameter as well as structural functions of = cabin, and the electricity, gas and liquid connections between modules = and separation technology are more complicated.
		Especially, = "Shenzhou" adopts the lifting re-entry mode, with the lifting control = conducted by GNC sub-system during the re-entry process.
		Foreign manned spacecrafts firstly tried = with small=20 animals for their astronaut environment control and life support = systems, while=20 China adopted an advanced modern device-a simulated man --to imitate the = oxygen=20 and carbon dioxide consumed by the "astronaut", and to track the = physiological=20 changes of astronauts through ground observation stations.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2003-October/010003.html (2629 words)

	Shenzhou - Divine Military Vessel [Chinese spacecraft]
		Shenzhou's two different primary payloads, both of them military, were not discussed by Chinese authorities until early 2003.
		That means the orbital modules of the Shenzhou spacecraft have been scanning the earth 75% of the time, day in and day out, since Shenzhou 2 was launched in January 2001.
		Study of photographs of specific Shenzhou spacecraft in assembly seem to indicate a different picture -- that Shenzhou 1 and 2 carried the ELINT payload, and 3, 4 the imaging payload.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/993882/posts (1160 words)

	Next Shenzhou spacecraft takes shape
		The country's next crewed spaceflight, Shenzhou 7, is slated to launch three astronauts spaceward and include at least one spacewalk as China moves forward with plans to build an orbital space station.
		China's Shenzhou 7 mission is expected to launch three astronauts into orbit and to feature the nation's first spacewalk, which may include one or two spaceflyers and run about 30 minutes in length, according to past reports.
		Shenzhou 8 is expected to mark China's first orbital docking between two spacecraft, a vital step forward for any planned space station.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /china/2006-11/04/content_724439.htm (542 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Chinese unmanned space capsule returns to Earth
		Shenzhou 3 carried a variety of investigations in life sciences, materials science, astronomy, and microgravity.
		Another first in the Shenzhou 3 mission was the test of an escape system during launch that could save the lives of the crew in the event of a serious failure, the People's Daily reported.
		Shenzhou 3 was preceded by the one-day flight of Shenzhou 1 in November 1999 and the week-long mission of Shenzhou 2 in January 2001.
	spaceflightnow.com /news/n0204/01shenzhou3 (827 words)

	Progress With Shenzhou
		China's Shenzhou spacecraft seems tipped to perform a similar variety of roles for China's space program, if their ambitious goals are fulfilled in the years ahead.
		Shenzhou sports a small set of solar panels on its orbital module, but the Chinese may opt to delete these on a cargo carrier.
		A rough road map of plans for upcoming Shenzhou missions suggests that after long-duration flight is demonstrated on Shenzhou 6 this year, China expects to demonstrate extravehicular activity (spacewalking) and then rendezvous and docking.
	www.sinodaily.com /news/china-05zj.html (1233 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| China's spacecraft orbit 'slips'
		China's Shenzhou VI spacecraft is not orbiting exactly as planned and will have to be restored to its original trajectory, state-run media say.
		Shenzhou VI, which has two astronauts on board, spent a second day in orbit on Thursday, making it China's longest manned space flight.
		Everything was functioning well aboard Shenzhou VI and it had orbited the Earth 23 times by Thursday evening, according to Xinhua.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/4340102.stm (522 words)

	Scientific American: China's Great Leap Upward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Four earlier Shenzhou spacecraft have already made orbital flights, but unlike those unmanned test vehicles, Shenzhou 5 is expected to carry a crew of up to three young Chinese military pilots.
		Shenzhou 4 was described as a human-capable vessel, with all the equipment needed to accommodate three people.
		Because of the superficial resemblance of the Shenzhou to the Soyuz, many observers concluded that the Chinese vehicle was nothing more than a knockoff with only minor modifications.
	www.sciam.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=0005B4B6-1CEC-1F5D-905980A84189EEDF (3613 words)

	SPACE.com -- Reports: China's Next Shenzhou Spacecraft Takes Shape
		China's next Shenzhou spacecraft to launch astronauts into orbit is under construction as officials draw up plans for the 2008 space shot, the country’s state-run media reported Friday.
		Shenzhou 7, is slated to launch three astronauts spaceward and include at least one spacewalk as China moves forward with plans to build an orbital space station.
		Shenzhou 5 mission in 2003 as part of the country’s first crewed spaceflight.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/061103_china_shenzhou7.html (715 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Shenzhou spacecraft with distinct Chinese characteristics
		As of the development of spacecraft, among a series of spacecrafts developed by Russia such as Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz, as well as Mercury, Gemini and Apollo developed by the United States, the most successful one should be Soyuz series, 93 of which have been launched so far.
		The way from the launch of Shenzhou I in 1991 to the success of Shenzhou VI has demonstratee Shenzhou spacecrafts has employed the best external form.
		Shenzhou spacecraft, with distinct Chinese characteristics, is a three-module design: re-entry module, orbital module and propelling module.
	english.people.com.cn /200510/18/eng20051018_215028.html (346 words)

	China's Shenzhou spacecraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Jiuquan, China - China's Shenzhou V spacecraft that carried Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei into orbit on Wednesday is an updated copy of the Russian vessel Soyuz, which the Soviets first launched 36 years ago.
		Shenzhou capsules have flown at altitudes from 196 to 334 kilometres.
		The Shenzhou V spacecraft was launched by a Long March 2F rocket which have been used for years to ferry Earth orbit satellites.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-13-1443_1430367,00.html (249 words)

	Facts on China's Shenzhou spacecraft - Sify.com
		Jiuquan (China): China's Shenzhou V spacecraft that Wednesday carried Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei into orbit is an updated copy of the Russian vessel Soyuz, which the Soviets first launched some 36 years ago.
		Shenzhou is said to have been named by former president Jiang Zemin.
		The Shenzhou V spacecraft will be launched by a Long March 2F rocket which have been been used for years to ferry Earth orbit satellites.
	sify.com /news/international/fullstory.php?id=13284318 (236 words)

	China Appears Ready For Shenzhou-3 Test
		China's Shenzhou spacecraft is seen in a processing hangar.
		BOULDER, COLORADO -- The third test launch of China's Shenzhou spacecraft, a prototype of a piloted vehicle, appears near at hand.
		According to reports from China, Shenzhou-3 -- Shenzhou meaning "Magic Vessel" or "Divine Vessel" -- is being readied for the test hop.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/launches/china_shenzhou_020901.html (521 words)

	Shenzhou Spacecraft Structure Partially Revealed
		The article claims that the Shenzhou Descent Module is the largest among other similar designs such as the Soyuz spacecraft of Russia and the Mercury and Gemini capsules of the United States.
		The larger size of the Shenzhou Descent Module suggests that the design and development of the Chinese manned spacecraft is indigenous even though it may be modeled after the Russian vehicles.
		The Descent Module of Shenzhou is sandwiched between the Orbital and Propulsion Modules.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/china-01l.html (722 words)

	Shenzhou spacecraft at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Notwithstanding, official Chinese sources emphasize that the Shenzhou is not merely a copy of the Soyuz and contains substantial amounts of indigenous design.
		In particular, the Shenzhou is substantually larger than the Soyuz and also contains an powered orbital module which is capable of autonomous flight.
		Thus while the Shenzhou orbital module could be used for military reconaissance, there is no miltiary reason for incorporating such as system in a manned mission, as China could and does use purely unmanned satellites for these purposes.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Shenzhou_spacecraft.html (1139 words)

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