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Shenzhou: Countdown to the Launch of Shenzhou-5
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Shenzhou 5 in assembly, photo released August 2003. Notice the workers wearing surgical masks, indicating that the photo was perhaps taken during the SARS outbreak.
Log of events and links to information on China's first manned spaceflight

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THE COUNTDOWN IS OVER! China's first manned spaceflight lifted off on the first attempt at 01:00 GMT 15 October. Reports are that the manned portion of the flight will be a 14 orbit/21 hour mission. The orbital module will remain in space for many months thereafter on its high-resolution military photoreconnaissance mission. As announced here the day before the flight, Yang Liwei is the first Chinese citizen in space (although not the first person born in China to fly in space! - Shenzhou 5 - Quick Facts. Yang Liwei beat out the other two finalists - Zhai Zhigang, and Nie Haisheng.

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