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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 皇冠体育app's second manned space
mission, are both selected air force pilots, like the first astronaut Yang
Liwei.
Fei, 40, is from Kunshan, east 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu Province. He was selected as
one of the five astronaut candidates in intensified training for 皇冠体育app's first
manned space flight -- Shenzhou-5, which blast into space in October 2003.
Nie, 41, is from Zaoyang, central 皇冠体育app'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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