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Subject: China Sends First Taikonaut To Space Author: Carol Julian [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:05:32 10/15/03 Wed The launch of the Shenzhou V spacecraft,cristened `the long-march`, propelled into space by a Long March 2F rocket and carrying astronaut Yang Liwei, was welcomed by space experts around the world. China becomes the third nation to send a human into space, 40 years after the Soviet Union and the United States. The craft is expected to orbit the Earth 14 times during its 22-hour flight before landing at 0700 local time (2300 GMT) on Thursday. Yang Liweiis a a 38-year-old lieutenant in the People's Liberation Army. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: China Returns First Taikonaut To Earth Blobrana 08:41:35 10/16/03 Thu