Introduction In the morning of October 15, 2003, a Long March 2F missile was erected from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwestern China. On board the Shenzhou 5 was Yang Liwei, a 38-year-old former military pilot. For the general public, the launch images represented a spectacular first [...]
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Introduction In the morning of October 15, 2003, a Long March 2F missile was erected from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwestern China. On board the Shenzhou 5 was Yang Liwei, a 38-year-old former military pilot. For the general public, the launch images represented a spectacular first [...]