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A close shave from Shenzhou 6?

The excerpt is from Wikipedia's entry on Shenzhou 6:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_6

"Shortly after launch, recovery crews began searching a region from the Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia to Shaanxi for the launch escape tower, booster rockets, first stage and payload fairing. Of particular interest was the "black box" of the rocket, which contains telemetry that may not have been downlinked during the launch phase. It was found 45 minutes after launch somewhere near Otog Qi. It was first sighted by a herdswoman, Lian Hua, about 1.5 km from her home. Three of the four booster rockets have also been found. Other wreckage will be found and destroyed at its impact location or brought back to Jiuquan.[8]"

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