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Ground rescue team arrives at appointed area
www.chinaview.cn 2005-10-17 03:17:26

Vehicles carrying members of the ground searching team of the re-entry capsule of China's second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou-6, run to its landing site in Siziwang Banner (County), north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, early Oct. 17, 2005. The re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-6 spacecraft, launched on Oct. 12, is to land in Siziwang Banner early Oct. 17. (Xinhua Photo)

(Xinhua Photo)

    SIZIWANG Banner, Inner Mongolia, Oct. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The ground rescue team reported early Monday morning they had arrived at the appointed area of the primary landing site in Siziwang Banner (county), Inner Mongolia, waiting for the landing of Shenzhou-6, China's second manned spacecraft.

    The rescuers got to the place by 14 special vehicles.

    The two taikonauts, Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, aboard Shenzhou-6 which blasted off Wednesday morning, reported to ground control earlier they were making preparations for return.

    The latest weather forecast shows that weather conditions in the landing site are in favor of the spacecraft's landing. Enditem

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