China's rocketry program began in the 1950s. The first Chinese satellite, Dongfanghong-1 (The East is Red) was launched into orbit in 1970. China became the fifth country to launch a satellite into space. The manned space program was inaugurated in 1992 (Project 921). The first Chinese Astronaut (Taikonaut) was Yang Liwei. He was launched on Shenzhou 5 on October. 15, 2003. China was the third nation capable of putting a human in space on its own, after Soviets and the U.S. Shenzhou 6 launched the second manned mission on October 12, 2005 with two Taikonauts: Nie Haisheng and Fei Junlong. Shenzhou 7 will be launched in 2008.
Chinese Spacecraft:
Shenzhou: Chinese Spacecraft is launched on a Long March 2F booster from Jiuquan.There are three major space launch bases in China: Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Xichang.
China's
future plans for its space program.
* Chinese Taikonauts will conduct a space walk in 2007 and may
conduct rendezvous docking in orbit by 2009-2012. One of the goals of China's manned space program
is to build a permanent space station.
* First Chinese Moon robotic spacecraft is called Chang'e 1 and was launched in 2007.
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