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China makes historic manned spaceflight from Gobi Desert
China launched Shenzhou 5 from Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert with Lt. Col. Yang Liwei aboard, marking the first manned mission and placing China as the third nation to achieve human spaceflight. The taikonaut orbited Earth for about 21 hours, declared “I feel good,” and prepared for landing in Inner Mongolia.
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