Jiang Zemin Names China's First Spacecraft "Shenzhou"

[Dao Van <daotb@yahoo.com>]

Jiang Zemin Names China's First Spacecraft "Shenzhou"

BEIJING, November 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Jiang Zemin recently
wrote the inscription "Shenzhou" for the country's first test spacecraft
which successfully completed its flight Sunday.  Jiang is also general
secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and chairman
of the Central Military Commission.  The spacecraft touched down in
central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China at 3:41 a.m. 
(Beijing time) Sunday.  The space vehicle was launched at 6:30 a.m. 
(Beijing time)
Saturday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China
's Gansu Province.  Enditem


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