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Astronaut takes China's first spacewalk
Sep. 27   China
  A Chinese astronaut has completed his country's first-ever spacewalk as part of a program that is starting to rival the U.St. and Russia
 Zhai Zhigang waved to a camera as he emerged from the hatch of the Shenzhou-7 spaceship. He returned to the capsule and closed the hatch after 20 minutes outside

Jun.3   Japan
  A team of astronauts have attached a $1bn 16-tonne Kibo, Japanese laboratory, to the International Space Station

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Jan.22   Beijing China admits satellite shot down  Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao has confirmed China carried out a test to destroy a satellite Jan.18   China Chinese test missile obliterates satellite
  U.S. official: The missile destroyed an orbiting satellite in a test that could undermine relations with the West
 In Beijing a Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was unaware of such a test. Britain, Japan, Australia joined the United States in voicing concern about the rising militarization of space

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Sep.22   Japan Japan launches Sun 'microscope'  Solar-B mission has just been launched from the Uchinoura spaceport; it will investigate solar flares

year 2005 Top ^

Oct.16   China Spacecraft returns to Earth  Shenzhou VI, carrying two astronauts, landed in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia Oct.11   China China launches rocket into space
  The rocket is carrying two Chinese astronauts into space on a five-day orbit around Earth

year 2003 Top ^

Oct.15   China First Manned Space Flight Ends in Success
  The space capsule carrying Yang Liwei touched made a 21-hour odyssey that took him around the world 14 times
Oct.7   China China eyes mid-October space date  The historic flight would take place on October 15, last 90 minutes and involve just 1 orbit of the Earth Mar.28   North Korea Satellite launch angers N. Korea  Japan sent two spy satellites into orbit. Tokyo gets first independent opportunity to scrutinize North Korea from space Jan.6   China China celebrates space success  State media is trumpeting the latest launch and beginning the countdown to an anticipated manned mission Jan.1   China China plans manned spaceflight in 2003  Project had already entered the overall assembly and testing phase

year 2002 Top ^

Mar.25   China Capsule launch  China has launched Shenzhou III craft, another prototype space capsule designed to carry humans into orbit

year 2001 Top ^

Nov.23   Beijing China plans moon landing  China plans to send a manned craft into space by 2005 Jan.9   China 2nd test flight of spacecraft  Long March rocket, unmanned spacecraft put into orbit as a vessel intended one day to carry people



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