Spaceship:

Shenzhou V

Time: October 15^th, 2003

Main events:

    Chinese spaceman Yang Liwei was sent up into space. He went around the earth 14 times in his one-day flight. China became the third country to succeed in manned space flight.

Spaceship:

ShenzhouⅥ

Time: October 12^th, 2005

Main events:

    Chinese spacemen Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were both sent up into space. On October 17th, the two Chinese space heroes safely returned to the earth.

Spaceship:

ShenzhouⅦ

Time: September 25^th, 2008

Main events:

    Chinese spacemen Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng were sent up into space. Zhai Zhigang made our country's first spacewalk. This spacewalk took about 20 minutes.

Spaceship:

Shenzhou X

Time: June 11^th, 2013

Main events:

    Chinese spacemen Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and the second female spacewoman Wang Yaping were sent up into space and connected with the space station Tiangong I. Wang Yaping gave a space lesson about microgravity (微重力) to all Chinese teenagers. This space lesson lasted about 50 minutes.