chinese people have been dreaming of going into outer space ever since before.china had launched three unmanned spacecrafts successfully from 1999 to . on dec. 31, 2002 ,the launch of the fourth spacecraft "shenzhou iv" was another big success and the spacecraft returned to the earth safely on january 5, . during its flight, seven scientific experiments were carried out.
the purpose of the flight was to make preparations for the launch of a manned spacecraft next time. the successful launch and return show that china is able to send a person into space soon. in ,the first manned spacecraft shenzhou v was sent into space successfully. and the chinese dream has come true.
