
The pair of Chinese astronauts in orbit about 350 km above the Earth said
they were "feeling well" and everything is normal.
A senior official has just declared the success of China's second manned
space mission successful.
"Normal" is the most used term during the half hour since the launch
Wednesday morning in the dialogue between the control centers in Beijing and
remote Gobi Desert Jiuquan and the spacemen in space.
They reported to the doctor on the ground that they are well and physical
conditions are good.
They were even comfortably flipping and reading flight books, proving that
they felt at ease and more comfortable than Yang Liwei, the first Chinese into
space who said he felt strong tremor about 120 seconds after liftoff.
Yang, now a national hero, is also among the audience in the Jiuquan launch
center together with top Chinese leaders including Premier Wen Jiabao.
Colonel Fei Junlong and Colonel Nie Haisheng, in their much spacious cabin
than Shenzhou-5, uncovered their spacesuits' face shield, waving hands to people
on the ground and, probably, millions of Chinese who are sitting before TV sets
for this historic moment.
Wen said in his congratulation speech minuets ago that "We launches
Shenzhou-6 out of peaceful purpose." China sent its first piloted spacecraft
into space two years ago and become only the third country able to carry manned
space mission.