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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[China]] has come a long way in its exploration of the space since the birth of the country's space industry in 1956. Here is a '''timetable of the country's space exploration'''.<br /> <br /> October 8, 1956: The Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense -- the country's first rocket research institution -- was founded, symbolizing the birth of the Chinese space industry.<br /> <br /> July 19, 1964: The first biological rocket was launched, carrying white mice into space.<br /> <br /> April 1, 1968: Institute of Space Medico-Engineering was established, initiating the selection and training of astronauts and the manned space flight medical engineering research.<br /> <br /> April 24, 1970: First artificial Earth satellite -- Dong Fang Hong-1 Satellite -- was launched at [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center]] as China joins the former Soviet Union, America, France and Japan as the fifth country to launch satellites.<br /> <br /> November 26, 1975: The launch and recovery of the first recoverable satellite makes China the third country to master this technology.<br /> <br /> 1979: Yuanwang-1 ocean-going tracking ship was commissioned, making China the fourth country to possess such a vessel.<br /> <br /> 1985: The Long March rocket series began to initiate commercial launch programs. In 1990, Long March 3 launched the first foreign satellite -- the U.S.-built AsiaSat 1.<br /> <br /> 1988: Ministry of Aerospace Industry was founded.<br /> <br /> 1992: The Chinese manned space program was officially adopted.<br /> <br /> From 1990 to 2002, China launched four unmanned spaceships (Shenzhou 1 to Shenzhou 4), laying solid foundations for a manned spacecraft.<br /> <br /> October 15, 2003: The launch of its first manned aircraft -- Shenzhou-5 -- sent astronaut [[Yang Liwei]] into space. The 21-hour flight allowed China to become the third country to independently conduct manned space flights, following the Soviet Union and the United States.<br /> <br /> October 12, 2005: Shenzhou-6 manned aircraft was launched, sending two astronauts into space.<br /> <br /> October 24, 2007: The first unmanned lunar orbiter -- Chang'e-1 -- was launched, making China the fifth country to master this technology.<br /> [[category:space]]</div>

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