摘要
中国载人航天工程体现了中国的综合国力,提升了中国的国际威望。发展载人航天需要依靠先进的技术水平、发达的工业基础和雄厚的经济实力,对当今世界的政治、经济和科技等诸多方面具有重大影响,已成为衡量一个国家综合国力的重要标志。
The history of space exploration in China 1)stretches back to 900 A.D.,when 2)innovators in the country 3)pioneered the first rudimentary rockets.Although China did not participate in the space race of the mid-20th century,the country had begun to pursue space travel by the late 1950s.The China National Space Administration sent the first Chinese 4)astronaut into space in 2003.Today,China is a major player in the worldwide space exploration effort.Chinese 5)taikonauts have conducted seven manned spaceflights.
