China Space Launch Confirmed
- China's official news agency announces that it will launch its first manned space mission between 15 and 17 October. [BBC News]
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3180618.stm

China Studies Returned Space Capsule
- "With its astronaut back home and healthy, the orbital capsule that made China's first manned space mission a success began its own physical examination Saturday -- an exhaustive part-by-part checkup to determine if everything worked according to pla
- http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/shenzhou5_study_031019.html