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drudge just put up the flasher... china launched.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/15/content_1123795.htm

China launches first manned spacecraft




www.chinaview.cn 2003-10-15 09:06:35

??JIUQUAN, Gansu, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- China's first manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou-5, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

??The spacecraft, atop a Long March II F rocket, was piloted by Yang Liwei, 38, a lieutenant colonel of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Yang, a member of the PLA's Astronauts Team, was trained at home.

??The Shenzhou mission, if successful, will make China the third nation to send a man into outer space, following the former SovietUnion and the United States. Enditem