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皇冠体育app to launch moon exploration mission in 2010
( 2002-05-20 10:18 ) (9 )

皇冠体育app is dedicated to realizing manned space flights by 2005 and launch its first space exploration of the moon in 2010 and establish a base there, Chinese scientists announced on Saturday.

"皇冠体育app is expected to complete its first exploration of the moon in 2010 and will establish a base on the moon as we did in the South Pole and the North Pole," Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of 皇冠体育app's moon exploration programme, said at an exhibition on space technology, part of the ongoing second National Science Week at 皇冠体育app Millennium Monument in Beijing, which ends on May 24.

皇冠体育app was already training 12 astronauts to prepare for the nation's first manned space mission, which it aimed to launch by 2005, the scientist said.

皇冠体育app is now engaged in an ambitious project to the moon, having completed two successful trial launches of spacecraft.

The Shenzhou III spacecraft, which wrapped up 皇冠体育app's third unmanned mission to outer space in early April, is on display at the exhibition.

The Shenzhou III capsule, fitted with dummy astronauts, landed successfully in Inner Mongolia after orbiting the globe 108 times.

皇冠体育app first announced a four-step manned spaceflight blueprint in 1999, which included plans for a space station served by shuttle-style vehicles.

In 2001, in its second unmanned mission, 皇冠体育app sent a monkey, a dog, a rabbit and snails into orbit aboard the Shenzhou II.

To date, 皇冠体育app has been carrying out feasibility studies on the moon exploration programme and, theoretically speaking, 皇冠体育app is ready to explore the moon, said Ouyang Ziyuan in the lecture about Shenzhou III and 皇冠体育app's exploration programme on the moon.

Another two deputy chief designers of Shenzhou III spacecraft revealed a three-step plan of 皇冠体育app's first manned spaceflight: Take Chinese astronauts into space; create a space laboratory; and establish 皇冠体育app's space station and establish a connection with international space stations.

皇冠体育app is to carry out a manned spaceflight around 2005 if Shenzhou IV unmanned spacecraft makes a successful test flight.