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Top 10 Questions: China's March to Space
By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer
posted: 01:00 pm ET
14 October 2003
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If successful, China's launch of a piloted Shenzhou spacecraft planned for this week will boost China into an exclusive club of nations capable of independent launch of humans into Earth orbit. Here are the Top 10 questions and answers about the mission and its historical context: 1. Who was first to put humans in space and when? The former Soviet Union led the way, launching Yuri Gagarin into orbit on April 12, 1961. The United States lofted John Glenn into Earth orbit on Feb. 20, 1962. No nation has done it alone since. [ Space History: The 1960s ] Next page: Is China ready?
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