BEIJING: As China celebrated the return of its latest unmanned space capsule from orbit, state television offered a rare glimpse yesterday into its secretive astronaut programme, showing two men training in simulated weightlessness.
The brief footage on the national midday news came during a report on the landing on Sunday of the Shenzhou IV capsule after a week-long flight that officials had said could lead to a manned launch this year.
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