Second Chinese Manned Spaceflight To Land Early Monday
Observers predict China's second manned spaceflight capsule,
Shenzhou VI, will touch down early Monday morning (Beijing time) at
the primary landing site located in Inner Mongolia, in China's
northern region -- although Chinese officials have said the exact
landing site will not be determined until just hours prior to
touchdown.
With a fix now in place for the ongoing foam insulation issue,
NASA has announced a goal of returning the space shuttle to flight
by May of 2006 -- in time for a planned flight to the International
Space Station. However, the plan depends on how quickly the agency
can return to full operations at its hurricane-damaged tank
assembly facility outside New Orleans.
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