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The U.S. space program is called NASA, but what is China's space program called?


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"The space program of the People's Republic of China is currently directed by the China National Space Administration (CSNA). Its technological roots can be traced back to the late 1950s, when China began a rudimentary ballistic missile program in response to perceived American (and, later, Soviet) threats.

However, the first Chinese manned flight program only began in earnest several decades later, when a crash program of technological development culminated in Yang Liwei's successful 2003 flight aboard Shenzhou 5. This achievement made China the third country to independently send humans into space.
Oct 13th, 2010 at 3:31 AM
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