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Shenzhou VI fine-tunes orbit on day 3
By Zhao Huanxin (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-10-15 06:52 Reports from the astronauts and data from a monitoring vessel in the Atlantic
Ocean indicated the operation was a success. All the instruments and equipment
aboard the craft have worked normally since Shenzhou VI blasted off, the centre
said, without specifying.
The two astronauts piloting the capsule have conducted a raft of scientific
experiments in the craft's return and orbital modules, and accumulated expertise
in living and working in a weightless environment, the centre said. The
astronauts reported normal body conditions.
Scientists will choose the optimum timing for Shenzhou VI to return to the
Earth. The weather at the landing site in North China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region is a key factor.
Wu Guoting, a senior researcher with the Chinese Academy of Space Technology,
told Xinhua News Agency that the return time will be chosen in accordance with
meteorological and other conditions at the main landing area.
Wu said the return was likely to occur around the fifth day of the
mission.
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