| | Shenzhou Spacecraft Portal @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shén Zhōu) is a spacecraft from the People's Republic of China which first carried a Chinese astronaut into orbit on October 15, 2003. |
 | | The Shenzhou reentry capsules used to date are 13% larger than Soyuz reentry capsules, and it is expected that later craft will be designed to carry a crew of four instead of Soyuz's three. |
 | | The fifth launch, Shenzhou 5, was the first to carry a human (Yáng Lìwěi) and occurred at 9:00 CST (UTC +8) on October 15, 2003. |
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