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| | |  | | | China's first astronaut Yang Liwei waves to astronaut at the Hong Kong Stadium November 1, 2003. [newsphoto] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | HK people crowd the the Hong Kong Stadium November 1, 2003 to get a glimpse of Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Premier Wen Jiabao and other Chinese leaders applaud the success of China's first manned spaceflight.[Xinhua] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Yang displays China's national flag and the flag of the United Nations in outer space. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | China's first manned spaceship - Shenzhou V (Divine Vessel V) blasts off into space at the Jiu Quan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province at 9:00am Wednesday morning October 15, 2003. The control center described the launch as a success. [Xinhua] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Yang Liwei, China's first space man, waves to the recovery teams after walking out of the return capsule of the Shenzhou V spaceship Thursday morning, October 16. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | The control center for the Shenzhou V spaceship. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Yang Liwei is ready for mission. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Yang Liwei in training | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Yang Liwei, his wife and his son | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Yang Liwei, China's first space man, waves to the recovery teams after walking out of the return capsule of the Shenzhou V spaceship Thursday morning, October 16. [Xinhua] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | photoelectricity telescope operators get ready for the launch of Shenzhou II January 10, 2001 | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | apartment for the astronauts | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Spaceflight Memorial Tower of the Jiuquan Launch Center | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | rocket launching tower in Jiuquan | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Spaceflight Memorial Tower of the Jiuquan Launch Center | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | A simulated astronaut is shown inside the landing capsule of the 'Shenzhou IV' spacecraft after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in north China, in this Jan. 5, 2003 photo. After 11 years of planning, China is on the brink of joining the elite of spacefaring nations.[AP]
| | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | The spaceflight suits for the astronauts have been completed, each weighing about 10 kg (22 lb), at a cost equivalent to a luxury car, and the more than 20 kinds of China-made space food have also reached the set standard. [newsphoto.com.cn] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | The Shenzhou V is set to be launched during the daytime, in consideration of the safety of its astronauts. [xinhua]
| | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Shenzhou V has entered a stage of general assembling and testing, with most scientific equipment to be on board having been checked and accepted.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Chinese astronauts are undergoing intense training courses so as to calmly cope with ordeals during the launching and returning processes such as overweight, weightlessness, high temperature, high radiation and noise.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Launching and landing site | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Shenzhou II flies over Jiangxi Province February 2, 2001. [newsphoto.com.cn] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Technicians monitor the Shenzhou III after it is successfully launched March 25, 2002. [newsphoto.com.cn] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Technicians celebrate the successful landing of Shenzhou II January 16, 2001. [newsphoto.com.cn]
| | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Jiang Zemin congratulates technicians on the successful launching of the Shenzhou III March 25, 2002. [newsphoto.com.cn]
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