Shenzhou-6


The Shenzhou-6 mission patch (100 mm) and the Astronauts Center if China patch (88 mm).


Crew & Mission

(Left)Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong (L Front), Nie Haisheng (R Front), Zhai Zhigang, Wu Jie, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng (L to R Rear) in the astronaut apartment building. Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were waiting to carry out the space flight mission of China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 on Oct. 12, 2005. (Right) Premier Wen Jiabao (1st R), Li Changchun (2nd R) and Luo Gan (3rd R), both members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meet with six Chinese astronauts.

Six Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wu Jie, Fei Junlong, Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng (from left to right) make an appearance in a lobby of the astronauts' apartment building at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province Oct. 11, 2005.


Training


Artwork

The Chinese artwork for both embroidered patches. Note that both SZ-6 artwork and the patch from Chinese source pictured below read 'The second manned spaceflight of China', while the flown version reads 'Shenzhou 6 manned spaceflight'.


The FlightSuits


In Space



Collecting Shenzhou 6

Left: the Stewart Aviation reproduction; middle: Randy Hunt's version; right: a new 4" reproduction available from the Spacestore.




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