we will never forget the day when china launched its first manned spacecraft into orbit on october 15, 2003 from the jiuquan satellite launch centre in northwest china's gansu province.spraying a mass of orange flames, the large, white long march ii-f rocket carrying the shenzhou-v spacecraft and china's first astronaut yang liwei soared spectacularly skyward, gradually becoming a bright ball before vanishing into deep space.

　　our dream becomes reality. though the shenzhou-v circled the earth 14 times within 22 hours and 18 minutes, it has clearly displayed china's spirts of devotion, co-operation and pursuit of the unknown. meantime, it will turn out to be an important driving force for the country's economic and social development. the successful launch of shenzhou-v ushered in a new chapter in space history.