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Oct. 16th, 2003
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Oct. 16th, 2003 11:29 amChinese Astronaut Receives Hero's Welcome
By TED ANTHONY
Associated Press Writer
Anthony reports the Chinese astronaut who was launched into space will likely become a hero in his country.
BEIJING (AP) -- Fresh from a history-making trip into orbit, China's newly minted space hero proclaimed his amazement Thursday at "the greatest day of my life" as his leaders immediately announced they would push forward in their exploration of the cosmos.
"I saw our planet. It's so beautiful," Lt. Col Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, marveled to his family after making it safely home, gently touching down his Shenzhou 5 spacecraft on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia as a crisp dawn broke. The time of landing: 6:23 a.m.
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By TED ANTHONY
Associated Press Writer
Anthony reports the Chinese astronaut who was launched into space will likely become a hero in his country.
BEIJING (AP) -- Fresh from a history-making trip into orbit, China's newly minted space hero proclaimed his amazement Thursday at "the greatest day of my life" as his leaders immediately announced they would push forward in their exploration of the cosmos.
"I saw our planet. It's so beautiful," Lt. Col Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, marveled to his family after making it safely home, gently touching down his Shenzhou 5 spacecraft on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia as a crisp dawn broke. The time of landing: 6:23 a.m.
( Read more... )