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China established the first astronaut
training centre, the Space Flight Medical Research Centre |
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24/4/1970
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The first Chinese satellite, Dongfanghong (Red East)
1, was successfully launched using the Changzheng-1 rocket |
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26/11/1975
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The first Chinese retrievable satellite was successfully launched |
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1/1992
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The manned space programme "Project 921" was
publicly announced.
Chinese Academy of Space Technology was assigned to design the manned
spaceship |
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10/1996
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Two astronauts were sent to Gagarin Cosmonauts Training
Centre in Russia for a one-year training programme. Upon return
to China, they became instructors of Chinese astronauts training
projects |
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20/11/1999
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Launching of Shenzhou-1 spaceship |
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10/1/2001
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Launching of Shenzhou-2 spaceship |
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25/3/2002
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Launching of Shenzhou-3 spaceship |
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30/12/2002
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Launching of Shenzhou-4 spaceship |
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15/10/2003
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Shenzhou-5 spaceship was launched, sending China's
first astronaut,
Mr. Yang Liwei into space |
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