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China starts construction of new spaceport
William Atkins
Monday, 14 September 2009 18:25
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In 2007, the State Council and the Central Military Commission approved the construction of the new Chinese spaceport.
In the future, China hopes to send an unmanned mission to the Moon (around 2012), send a sample-return mission to the Moon (2015), and a manned mission to the Moon (possibly by 2017).
China is also hoping to build a space station in the near future.
When China sent its first astronaut (Yang Liwei) into space aboard the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft, in October 15, 2003, it became the third country to do so, following in line behind the former Soviet Union (Russia) and the United States, who both first launched astronauts into space in 1961.
China’s other three spaceports are th Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers.
Learn more about the Chinese space program at GlobalSecurity.org’s article “Hainan / Wenchang / Sanya.”
The China National Space Administration (CNSA), China's space agency, was established in April 1993.
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