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Shenzhou 5 (神舟五号) was the first manned space mission launched by the People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 15, 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F rocket booster. There had been four previous flights of uncrewed Shenzhou missions since 1999. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (620x769, 996 KB)Insignia for the Peoples Republic of Chinas Shenzhou spacecraft program. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉卫星发射中心) is a Peoples Republic of China space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) in the Gobi desert in Gansu Province located about 1,600 km from Beijing. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew, and possibly passengers (in contrast to unmanned space missions, which are remotely-controlled or robotic space probes). ... Jump to: navigation, search October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1:40 scale model of Shenzhou 1 Shenzhou (Chinese: ç¥žèˆŸ; pinyin: ) is the name of a spacecraft from the Peoples Republic of China which first carried a Chinese astronaut into orbit on October 15, 2003. ... The Long March family of rockets (長征火箭, Chang Zheng) is an expendable launch system designed and operated by the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Crew

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Mission parameters

Mission highlights

Shenzhou 5 was launched at 09:00 (UTC +8) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, a launch base in the Gobi Desert in Gansu Province, entering orbit 343 km above Earth at 09:10 (UTC +8) with astronaut Yáng Lìwěi (杨利伟), the 38 year-old Lieutenant Colonel in the People's Liberation Army and former fighter pilot. The launch made the PRC the third country to independently launch a person into space, after the Soviet Union and the United States. The launch of the Shenzhou is the result of a manned space program which began in 1992. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... Ratio 2:3 The Flag of the Peoples Republic of China, the Five-Starred Red Flag (五星红旗 in pinyin: wǔ xīng hóng qí), was designed by Zeng Liansong (曾联松 zēng lián sòng), an economist by trade and a talented artist who took residence in Ruian (瑞安 ruì ān), Zhejiang. ... Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉卫星发射中心) is a Peoples Republic of China space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) in the Gobi desert in Gansu Province located about 1,600 km from Beijing. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Gobi (Mongolian Ð“Ð¾Ð²ÑŒ, Chinese æˆˆå£; pinyin gÄ“ bÃ¬) is a large desert region in northern China and southern Mongolia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gansu (Simplified Chinese: ç”˜è‚ƒ; Traditional Chinese: ç”˜è‚…; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, or modified as Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Jump to: navigation, search U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dr. YÃ¡ng LÃ¬wÄ›i (Simplified Chinese: æ¨åˆ©ä¼Ÿ; Traditional Chinese: æ¥Šåˆ©å‰) (born June 21, 1965) is an astronaut (hangtianyuan) or Taikonaut (or yuhangyuans) and the Peoples Republic of Chinas first man in space. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½äººæ°‘è§£æ”¾å†›; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹äººæ°‘è§£æ”¾è»; pinyin: ), which includes an army, navy, air force, and strategic nuclear forces, serves as the military of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Neither the launch nor the reentry was televised live, and it is widely believed that it was due to government fears that a disaster could create an embarrassment, but the time of both launch and reentry launch had been widely announced beforehand, and news appeared on Chinese Central Television within minutes after both events. This placed the level of secrecy associated with the Shenzhou V mission between American and Soviet practices. In contrast to American practice, foreign journalists were not admitted and live television was not broadcast; in contrast to Soviet practice, the fact that a launch was about to occur was announced days in advance and photos and video from the mission were available within minutes of launch and reentry. China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, or CCTV (Chinese: 中国中央电视台 pinyin: Zhōngguó Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái), is the major broadcast television network in Mainland China. ...

It made 14 orbits and landed 21 hours after launch. The Chinese manned spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere at 06:04 (UTC +8) on 16 October 2003 (22:04 UTC 15 Oct 2003), its parachute opening normally and the astronaut saying he was feeling fine. The landing happened at 06:28 (UTC +8), just 4.8 kilometers from the planned landing site in Inner Mongolia, according to the government. The orbital module of the spacecraft stayed in orbit; it continued with automated experiments until March 16, 2004, and decayed on May 30 [1]. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (957x1000, 251 KB) Description: Shenzhou 5 reentry module Source: http://zh. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (957x1000, 251 KB) Description: Shenzhou 5 reentry module Source: http://zh. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Inner Mongolia (Mongolian: ᠥᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠨᠺᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠺᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ r Mongghul-un bertegen Jasaqu Orun; Chinese: 内蒙古自治区; Hanyu Pinyin: N i Měnggǔ Z qū) is an Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Premier Wen Jiabao congratulated the country's first person in space after his safe return to Earth. Yáng emerged from the capsule about 15 minutes later and waved to members of the recovery team. The Premier ( Chinese: 总理 pinyin: zŏnglĭ), sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister, is the Chairman of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China and head of Central Peoples Government. ... Wen Jiabao (Simplified Chinese: æ¸©å®¶å®; Traditional Chinese: æº«å®¶å¯¶; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao) (born September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The control center in Beijing later declared China's first manned spacecraft mission to be successful after Yáng Lìwěi emerged from his capsule.

Politics

The launch was widely heralded in the official Chinese state media with newspapers devoting far more space to the launch than any recent event. While the Chinese media portrayed the launch as a triumph for Chinese science and technology and a milestone for Chinese nationalism, it has also been pointed out in both Chinese and Western media that the Yang Liwei showed the flag of the United Nations in addition to the flag of the People's Republic of China. The May Fourth Movement in 1919 marked the beginning of the upsurge of nationalist feeling in China. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945. ...

President Hu Jintao, who was on-site at the Jiuquan Launch Center, hailed China's success in launching its first manned spacecraft into orbit, describing it as "an honor for our great motherland, an indicator for the initial victory of the country's first manned space flight and for an historic step taken by the Chinese people in their endeavor to surmount the peak of the world's science and technology." The President of the Peoples Republic of China (Chinese: ä¸åŽäººæ°‘å…±å’Œå›½ä¸»å¸ pinyin: ZhÅnghuÃ¡ RÃ©nmÃn GÃ²nghÃ©guÃ³ ZhÇ”xÃ, or abbreviated Guojia-Zhuxi å›½å®¶ä¸»å¸) is the head of state of the Peoples Republic of China. ... HÃº JÇntÄo (born December 21, 1942) became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China on November 15, 2002. ...

Hu added, "the Party and the people will never forget those who have set up this outstanding merit in the space industry for the motherland, the people and the nation." He also expressed congratulations and respect to specialists and people who have contributed to China's space mission development on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission (CMC) and its chairperson Jiang Zemin. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: ä¸å›½å…±äº§å…šä¸å¤®å§”å‘˜ä¼š pinyin: ZhÅngguÃ³ GÃ²ngchÇŽndÇŽng ZhÅngyÄng WÄ›iyuÃ¡nhuÃ¬) is the highest authority within the Communist Party of China between Party Congresses. ... The State Council (国务院, pinyin: Guówùyuàn) is the chief civilian administrative body of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Central Military Commission (Chinese: ä¸å¤®å†›äº‹å§”å‘˜ä¼š pinyin: ZhÅngyÄng JÅ«nshÃ¬ WÄ›iyuÃ¡nhuÃ¬ ) refers to one of two bodies within the Peoples Republic of China. ... JiÄng ZÃ©mÃn (born August 17, 1926) was the core of the third generation of Communist Party of China leaders, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the Peoples Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and...

While the elder statesman Jiang, 77, was lauded by Hu, some analysts have noted that the retired party chief and state president has maintained a rather low profile during the flight, prompting more speculation that Jiang's influence on Chinese politics had been waning at the time. Although Hu Jintao mentioned Jiang's name in congratulating the crew, it was considered significant that Jiang himself did not personally congratulate anyone involved with the spacecraft. In addition, throughout the entire flight there were no pictures associating Jiang with Shenzhou 5, while pictures and text linking Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao with the launch figured prominently in the Chinese news media. This speculation was enhanced by the fact that the launch occurred immediately after a plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at which Jiang had reportedly been lobbying for inclusion of his theory of Three Represents and property rights guarantees in the Chinese Constitution, both platforms being extremely controversial within the Party. HÃº JÇntÄo (born December 21, 1942) became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China on November 15, 2002. ... Wen Jiabao (Simplified Chinese: æ¸©å®¶å®; Traditional Chinese: æº«å®¶å¯¶; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao) (born September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: ä¸å›½å…±äº§å…šä¸å¤®å§”å‘˜ä¼š pinyin: ZhÅngguÃ³ GÃ²ngchÇŽndÇŽng ZhÅngyÄng WÄ›iyuÃ¡nhuÃ¬) is the highest authority within the Communist Party of China between Party Congresses. ... The Three Represents (Simplified Chinese: ä¸‰ä¸ªä»£è¡¨; Traditional Chinese: ä¸‰å€‹ä»£è¡¨; pinyin: sÄn gÃ¨ dÃ i biÇŽo) is a policy developed by Jiang Zemin for the Communist Party of China. ...

International reaction

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Mission parameters

Mission highlights

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International reaction

See also

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