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Fei, Nie chosen to pilot Shenzhou VI
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-12 07:32
Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, two astronauts on China's second manned space
mission, are both selected air force pilots, like the first astronaut Yang
Liwei.
Fei, 40, is from Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province. He 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.
Nie, 41, is from Zaoyang, central China's Hubei Province. He was selected as
one of the three finalists for Shenzhou-5. The other two were Yang Liwei and
Zhai Zhigang.
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