A glimpse of milestones in China's manned space program

STORY: A glimpse of milestones in China's manned space program DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the achievements of China's manned space program 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAI ZHIGANG, China's first spacewalker 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NIE HAISHENG, Chinese astronaut 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SHEN TINGZHENG, Specialist at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SUN JIADONG, Chinese aerospace engineer, Honoree of the Medal of the Republic 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): BAO SHUO, Member of Beijing Aerospace Control Center 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 ast

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

China's Shenzhou-13 astronauts return to Earth safely

STORY: China's Shenzhou-13 astronauts return to Earth safely DATELINE: April 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the return capsule 2. STANDUP (English): YU JIA, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YU JIA, Xinhua correspondent " I'm reporting from the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Just now, the return capsule of China's Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship landed on the Gobi Desert here in this region. The three Chinese astronauts completed their 6-month mission and returned to Earth. The three astronauts are Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu. They went into space onboard the Shenzhou-13 spaceship and entered the country's space station on Oct. 16, 2021. Their 6-month stay in space was China's longest-ever crewed mission for space station construction. Zhai is China's first spacewalker. Wang is the first woman that entered China's space station core module Tianhe. And for Ye Guangfu, this