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Do you still remember the news about Yang Liwei in October, 2003? China’s First Taikonaut--- Yang Liwei Yang Liwei was launched into space aboard Shenzhou 5 spacecraft atop(=at the top of) a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 09:00 CST (=China Standard Time)on October 15, 2003. Yangs craft landed in the grasslands of the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia at around 06:30 CST on October 16, 2003, having completed 14 orbits and travelled more than 600,000km. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the flight “a step forward for the whole world”. Yang L