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China's Space Program

LATEST STORY Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon Wednesday, January 17, 2007 U.S. intelligence agencies believe China performed a successful anti-satellite weapons test at more than 500 mi. altitude Jan. 11 destroying an aging Chinese weather satellite target with a kinetic kill vehicle launched on board a ballistic missile. Full Story ... RECENT NEWS - China Launches Shenzhou-6 With Two Astronauts Onboard   (Tuesday, October 11, 2005) - China's First Human in Space Returns to Earth   (Wednesday, October 15, 2003) - China Says First Manned Space Mission Going Well   (Wednesday, October 15, 2003) - Shenzhou V Mission Launched   (Tuesday, October 14, 2003) - Astronauts Arrive at China Launch Site   (Monday, October 13, 2003) - China to Launch First Astronaut In One Week   (Wednesday, October 8, 2003) - China's Launch of Manned Space Mission Seen Soon   (Tuesday, September 30, 2003) - Shenzhou IV Returns to Earth   (Sunday, January 5, 2003) - China Launches Shenzhou IV Spacecraft   (Sunday, December 29, 2002) - Spacelift Washington: Long March Fails in Military Weapons Test   (Friday, January 4, 2002) - China's Shenzhou II Returns to Earth   (Wednesday, January 17, 2001) - China Launches Second Shenzhou Mission - With Animals Aboard   (Tuesday, January 9, 2001) - China Set to Launch Shenzhou-2 within Two Weeks   (Thursday, December 28, 2000) - Shenzhou 2 Launch Imminent, Chinese Manned Space Program Targets the Moon   (Monday, October 30, 2000) PRESS RELEASES - Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Opens 'Beyond Time' Exhibition in Hong Kong to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing   (Saturday, June 20, 2009) - China publishes first moon picture from Chang'e-1   (Monday, November 26, 2007) - Administrator Sun Laiyan's Congratulation Letter on Discovery's Successful Return   (Wednesday, August 10, 2005) - Tuyuan Technologies "Surveyor" Satellite Constellation   (Wednesday, September 1, 2004) - Hong Kong-made space tools get set for Mars   (Friday, June 6, 2003) - China Ready to Launch Fourth Spaceship   (Friday, August 16, 2002) - China Submits New Agreement on Security of Outer Space   (Friday, June 28, 2002) - Shenzhou III Returns to Earth   (Monday, April 1, 2002) - Shenzhou III Unmanned Spacecraft Launched   (Monday, March 25, 2002) - China Greets 21st Century With New Unmanned Spacecraft   (Wednesday, January 10, 2001) - China Publishes Plans for Space Exploration   (Wednesday, November 22, 2000) - Voice of America Story on China's Space Program   (Wednesday, November 22, 2000) - U.S. Waives Sanctions Against China   (Tuesday, November 21, 2000) - China Puts 1st Navigation Positioning Satellite into Orbit   (Tuesday, October 31, 2000) - Clinton-Gore Defense Department Gives China's Top Military Brass Access to KSC and Cape Canaveral Facilities   (Friday, October 27, 2000) - Asian Star Subsidary Launches Marketing of China Space Souvenir Products   (Monday, September 11, 2000) - SPACEHAB Receives $6 Million Contract To Build Major Museum Exhibit in China; Company Expanding Into New Market   (Tuesday, September 5, 2000) - Debris from explosion of Chinese rocket detected by University of Chicago satellite instrument   (Thursday, August 10, 2000) - SPACEHAB Launches Online Space Education Initiative in China - Chinese Students to Conduct Experiment on Shuttle Mission STS-107   (Thursday, January 27, 2000) - China Satellite Launched   (Wednesday, January 26, 2000) - Top Chinese Authorities Commend Successful Experiment of First Spaceflight   (Sunday, November 21, 1999) - China Successfully Launches First Experimental Spacecraft   (Sunday, November 21, 1999)

STATUS REPORTS - Chang'e 1 Lunar Map Released   (Tuesday, November 25, 2008) - China's Space Activities in 2006   (Tuesday, October 17, 2006) - China's Space Activities, a White Paper   (Wednesday, November 22, 2000) SHENZHOU LAUNCH HISTORY Shenzhou 1 - November 19, 1999 Shenzhou 2 - January 9, 2001 Shenzhou 3 - March 25, 2002 Shenzhou 4 - December 30, 2002 Shenzhou V - October 15, 2003 CHINA VIDEO Shenzhou Spacecraft Shenzhou Escape Tower Engine China Recoverable Satellite RELATED WEB SITES China Space Agency Great China Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) Payload Operation and Applications Centre [China] (POAC) Go Taikonauts

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