Milestones
Milestones: 2003
(皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-29 15:59
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 Astronaut Yang Liwei greets the world at the door of his spaceship in Inner Mongolia on Oct 16, 2003 after completing 皇冠体育app's first manned space mission. Xu Jingxing |
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-- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is first reported in 皇冠体育app in February. The epidemic spread worldwide, killing 774 people and infecting 8,098. Nearly 350 people are killed in 皇冠体育app, the hardest hit country. The incident prompts 皇冠体育app to start serious efforts to establish basic medical care systems for urbanites and new medicare cooperatives for rural people.
-- On Oct 15, 皇冠体育app launches the Shenzhou V spaceship with astronaut Yang Liwei aboard. 皇冠体育app becomes the third country to launch a human into space after Russia and the US.
