China may fly a woman astronaut into space next year as it embarks on an ambitious programme for the next decade which includes a mission to land a rover on the moon and setting up a space station with a
cargo spaceship to transport supplies.
China plans to fly two more spacecraft next year to improve the rendezvous and docking technologies and one of it will be a manned one. Yang Liwei, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Officesaid, hinting that it could as well be a woman.
China plans to carry out its first space docking between two unmanned vehicles this year, followed by one manned and one unmanned space missions next year as part of its efforts to set up a space station.
"Two to three astronauts will be sent to space in that manned mission next year," he was quoted by the staterun China Daily as saying.
cargo spaceship to transport supplies.
China plans to fly two more spacecraft next year to improve the rendezvous and docking technologies and one of it will be a manned one. Yang Liwei, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Officesaid, hinting that it could as well be a woman.
China plans to carry out its first space docking between two unmanned vehicles this year, followed by one manned and one unmanned space missions next year as part of its efforts to set up a space station.
"Two to three astronauts will be sent to space in that manned mission next year," he was quoted by the staterun China Daily as saying.
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