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Astronauts' team named heroic unit

China's astronauts team has been conferred the title of "Heroic Astronauts Team" for its great jobs during the past five years.

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China's astronauts team has been conferred the title of "Heroic Astronauts Team" for its great jobs during the past five years.

Established in January 1998, the team has performed outstandingly in both the training of astronauts and the country'sfirst manned space mission, according to an order signed by Jiang Zemin, chairman the Central Military Commission.

On Oct. 15, Yang Liwei, a member of the team, entered outer space aboard the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and landed safely as planned in North China the nextday, after making 14 orbits of the Earth in 21 hours.

The successful mission made China the third country after Russia and the United States to put people into space.

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