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Expensive firework returns

China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6, joined to a Long March II F rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 12.

The two astronauts on China's second manned space flight, Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, touched down in the northern grasslands before dawn Oct. 17, just 1 km from its target. The two men blasted off Oct. 12 from a base in China's desert northwest, almost exactly two years after the first Chinese manned space flight. In contrast to the latest flight, that first mission was shrouded in secrecy, with none of it broadcast live, a decision that blunted the effort's propaganda value.

The Shenzhou 6 capsule flew 3.25 million km in 115 1/2 hours in space, far longer and more complex than the 2003 flight, when astronaut Yang Liwei orbited for 21 1/2 hours.

The government says the manned space program has cost a total of $2.3 billion to date.

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