Wednesday, October 15, 2003

News

China becomes third country to blast off into space: China became only the third nation to send a person into space as its Long March rocket soared aloft Wednesday from a launching pad in the country's remote western desert.

Cheers, Gasps as Chinese Rocket Blasts Into Space: They clapped and cheered at the launch site when the booster rockets separated on China's first manned space flight on Wednesday. A thousand miles away in the capital, pride was mixed with relief.

China's man in space gets mixed reaction: The long-anticipated launch of China's first astronaut on Wednesday was greeted with a mixed, though largely congratulatory, reaction.

China lift-off in pictures:

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