China Becomes the Third Spacefaring Nation

[willow_red]

At 7:00pm MDT last night, China became the third spacefaring nation when the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft launched with taikonaut Yang Liwei onboard. He is still up there now, making 14 orbits before landing somewhere in Inner Mongolia at around 4:00pm MDT today. Yuri Gagarin...Alan Shepard...Yang Liwei... This is the kind of history that hasn't been seen since the 1960s.

Full article:
http://space.com/missionlaunches/shenzhou5_launch_031014.html

Comments from Valentina Tereshkova (first woman in space):
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/china_tereshkova_031014.html

Comments

[willow-red.livejournal.com]

Romulans

*laughs* It's true, though. People from other nations have been into space, but always on either a Russian or American vehicle. Interestingly enough, earlier this week I saw that Malaysia is looking to recruit some astronauts of their own.