One Man’s Leap: The Shenzhou 5 Mission On October 15, 2003, at 9:00 a.m. Beijing time, a Long March 2F rocket thundered off the launchpad at Jiuquan, deep in the Gobi Desert. Onboard was a single man: Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei, then 38, an ex-fighter pilot of the People’s Liberation...
One Man’s Leap: The Shenzhou 5 Mission
On October 15, 2003, at 9:00 a.m. Beijing time, a Long March 2F rocket thundered off the launchpad at Jiuquan, deep in the Gobi Desert. Onboard was a single man: Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei, then 38, an ex-fig... [2856 chars]