Editing Chinese space program (section)

====Spacecraft====

[[File:Shenzhou-13 at NMC 1.jpg|thumb|180px|alt=Return capsule and parachute of Shenzhou spacecraft|Return capsule and parachute of [[Shenzhou spacecraft]]]]
[[File:CMS 30 years exhibition.jpg|thumb|alt=Exhibition of China Manned Space Program at the National Museum of China in 2023|Exhibition of [[China Manned Space Program]] at the [[National Museum of China]] in 2023]]
In 1992, authorization and funding were given for the first phase of Project 921, which was a plan to launch a crewed spacecraft. The Shenzhou program had four uncrewed test flights and two crewed missions. The first one was [[Shenzhou 1]] on November 20, 1999. On January 9, 2001 [[Shenzhou 2]] launched carrying test animals. [[Shenzhou 3]] and [[Shenzhou 4]] were launched in 2002, carrying test dummies. Following these was the successful [[Shenzhou 5]], China's first crewed mission in space on October 15, 2003, which carried [[Yang Liwei]] in orbit for 21 hours and made China the third nation to launch a human into orbit. [[Shenzhou 6]] followed two years later ending the first phase of Project 921. Missions are launched on the [[Long March 2F]] rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) of the [[Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission]] provides engineering and administrative support for the crewed Shenzhou missions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacefoundation.org/news/story.php?id=943 |title=China's Crewed Space Program Takes the Stage at 26th National Space Symposium |date=April 10, 2010 |publisher=The Space Foundation |access-date=March 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412021625/http://www.spacefoundation.org/news/story.php?id=943 |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>