A glimpse of China's manned space program

STORY: A glimpse of China's manned space program DATELINE: June 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's spaceship 2. SOUNDBITE 1: (Chinese) ZHAI ZHIGANG, China's first spacewalker 3. SOUNDBITE 2: (Chinese) NIE HAISHENG, Chinese astronaut STORYLINE: China's manned space program started in 1992 with a three-step strategy. The first step was to send astronauts into space and bring them back safely. In October 2003, China successfully launched its first manned spaceship Shenzhou-5. The Shenzhou-5 mission made China the third country to send a man into space after the Soviet Union and the United States. Two years later, China sent two astronauts into space aboard Shenzhou-6. The astronauts carried out scientific and medical experiments onboard the craft. The second step was developing advanced space flight techniques and technologies including extravehicular activity and orbital docking. In September 2008, China achieved its first spacewalk f

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