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China launches Shenzhou 5, the first Chinese manned space mission. Piloted by Yang Liwei orbiting Earth 14 times during the 21-hour and 23 minutes flight. He became the first Chinese launched into space with Chinese launch vehicle and spacecraft. The re-entry module landed safely in central Inner Mongolia making China the third country capable of sending humans to space and back independently, after Russia and the United States.