October 15, 2003
China successfully sends its first man into space. Yang Liwei’s mission aboard the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft makes China the third country to do so after the Soviet Union and the United States in 1961.
China successfully sends its first man into space. Yang Liwei’s mission aboard the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft makes China the third country to do so after the Soviet Union and the United States in 1961.