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Vol. 4 Num 142 Thu. October 16, 2003  
   
International


Excitement marks China's first manned space mission
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A man reads a newspaper profiling Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei, yesterday in Guangzhou, south China. In the first words ever from space by a Chinese astronaut, commander Yang said "I feel good, see you tomorrow", after takeoff aboard the Shenzhou V spacecraft launched on a Long March CZ-2F rocket from the Jiquan Launch Centre in northwest China. Photo: AFP