China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 blasted off on Oct. 12. Some of the apparatus onboard the spaceship for scientific experiments was developed by CAS institutes.
China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 blasted off on Oct. 12. It is the first multi-manned and multi-day spaceflight of the country.
While the spacecraft was jointly designed and manufactured by Chinese Academy of Space Technology and Shanghai Academy of Space Navigation, both being subordinates to China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation, the apparatuses onboard the spaceship for scientific experiments and applications in the space was developed by institutes under CAS and the Ministry of Information Technology.
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