China Announces Human Spaceflight Plans

1 November 2004: China plans to send 2 men to space in 2005, Xinhua

“China’s second manned space flight will be conducted by two astronauts over five days in 2005. Unlike Shenzhou-V, which flew with a single astronaut for 21 and half hours a little more than a year ago, the next flight will see two astronauts fly in space for five days. Their capsule is designed to be capable of orbiting for a whole week, the spokesperson said.”For the first time, astronauts will enter and live in the orbital module of the spacecraft to do scientific experiments,” said a statement from CAST, the major manufacturer of the manned spacecraft and its launch vehicle.”