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China to conquer the space with a manned flight already this year

Beijing, China - It's tried to reinforce its prestige at world level

It's ready the Chinese propaganda machine, that is going to announce with large magnificence the next aim of its space agency, a manned mission already in the second half of 2003. It will be therefore the third nation after Russia and the USA to enter in the history of the aerospace, sending in orbit its own astronaut thanks to a space mission organized with own its forces. The news arrives just...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 37993
Rome, Italy, 01/02/2003 11:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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