 China's first astronaut Yang Liwei walked out of the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou 5 spaceship, smiling and waving to the recovery team in the grasslands in Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia.
Yang has spent 21 hours in outer space, traveling more than 600,000 kilometres in the earth's orbit before Shenzhou 5 brought him back at 6:07 am Beijing time October 16. Yang said he feels excellent after the 21-hour journey, the first by a Chinese. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said in a congratulation message that China's first manned spaceflight has been a "complete success", which shall be written into the history of China's space program development. After Yang went out of the capsule, physicians immediately conducted a physical check-up of Yang, which found him in good conditions. At around 7:40am, Yang was ferried by a military helicopter to Beijing, where a gala celebration party will be held. At about 6:00am, guided by the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center, the return capsule of Shenzhou 5 entered China's air space. Several minutes later, the capsule landed safely in Northwest China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Yang reported "conditions good". Five rescue helicopters raced towards the capsule and found it at 6:36 am. They said Yang felt good and the conditions with the capsule also seemed normal. At 6:51, Yang Liwei went out of the capsule on himself, waving and smiling to rescuers and reporters. Li Jinai, chief commander of China's space program, said that, the actual landing site is 4.8 kilometers from the designed site, but the conditions of the return capsule are good and Yang could walk out of the capsule on himself. All these marked the complete success of the manned flight. (chinadaily.com.cn) | “神舟”五號航天飛船在內蒙古草原順利著陸，中國首位宇航員楊利偉面帶微笑走出返回艙，并向搜救人員揮手致意。 北京時間10月16日早晨6點零7分，在太空遨游二十一小時、繞地球軌道飛行60多萬千米的中國航天員楊利偉，乘坐“神舟”五號航天飛船順利歸來。在宇宙中飛行21小時后，楊利偉表示他感覺很好。這是中國人第一次在太空中遨游。 中國國家總理溫家寶在賀電中說，中國首次載人航天飛行的圓滿成功將載入中國航天事業發展的史冊。 楊利偉走出返回艙后，醫生立刻對他進行了身體檢查，檢查結果表明楊利偉身體狀況良好。早晨7點40左右，楊利偉乘坐軍用直升機飛往北京，屆時將舉行隆重的慶祝活動。 早晨6點左右，在北京航天指揮控制中心的指揮下，“神舟”五號航天飛船的返回艙進入中國領空。幾分鐘后，返回艙在位于中國西北的內蒙古自治區安全降落，宇航員楊利偉說飛船狀況良好。 五架救援直升飛機迅速向返回艙飛去并于6點36分發現了返回艙。他們說楊利偉感覺良好，返回艙的情況看上去也很正常。 6點51分，楊利偉自主出艙，面帶微笑，并向搜救人員和記者們揮手致意。 中國載人航天工程總指揮李繼耐說：實際著陸點與理論著陸點相差4.8公里，返回艙完好無損，楊利偉自主出艙。所有這些都標志著我國首次載人航天飛行圓滿成功。 （中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2003-10-17 01:00
