China's 2nd manned space mission returns, declared success

China's 2nd manned space mission returns, declared success

TOKYO, Japan - Two Chinese astronauts -- 40-year-old Fei Junlong (L) and 41-year-old Nie Haisheng -- hold up bouquets of flowers in front of the Shenzhou-6 spacecraft at its landing site in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Oct. 17 after having orbited the Earth for five days. (Xinhua)(Kyodo)

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