Launch Shenzhous: Chronicle of China's First Manned Space Program: Chronicle of China's First Manned Space Program

Author: Shi Lei
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Under a cloudless blue sky, a Chinese astronaut in a moon-white space suit, wearing the Five-Star Red Flag on his chest, scoops up the water from the Milky Way, bathed in the light of the universe, and triumphantly returns to Earth in the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft. After ten years of painstaking efforts, the Chinese Manned Space Program transformed this unforgettable moment into a glorious reality that will be etched in history forever. In 1992, the Standing Committee members of the Central Political Bureau marked a few circles on a top-secret report. This report was a blueprint for the dream of flying to the stars, and the date was a daytime in September. "Daydreaming" seemed impossible, but a dozen years later, the dream of flying to the stars actually materialized into a glorious reality. Statistics show that countries such as the United States, Russia, China, India, Japan, and Brazil, as well as the European Space Agency, have developed and produced various types of launch vehicles, totaling 23 series and 208 models. However, among them, the number of launch vehicles capable of sending manned spacecraft into space is very limited. China is the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to possess such launch vehicles.