China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.

Shenzhou 5

First human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program

Shenzhou 5 was the first human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program, launched on 15 October 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F launch vehicle. There had been four previous flights of uncrewed Shenzhou missions since 1999. China became the…