(cnhubei.com) When the TV anchorman announced the successful return of China's second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou VI at 4:33 a.m October 17, 2005, teachers and students of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) cheered.

The successful return of Shenzhou VI marked the search and rescue system developed by the university accomplished its mission.

The Mapgis software produced by the university has been well used on "Shenzhou" spacecraft launched in China and played a major role in the "Shenzhou" spacecraft launch.

CUG is an institution of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education specialized in the field of earth sciences.