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China’s space programme started【小题1】(late)than those of Russia and the US, but it has made great progress【小题2】a short time. China became the third country in the world to【小题3】(independent)send humans into space in 2003,【小题4】Yang Liwei successfully orbited Earth in the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft. Then Shenzhou 6 and 7 completed a second manned orbit and【小题5】first Chinese spacewalk,【小题6】(follow)by the vehicle Jade Rabbit being sent to the moon to study【小题7】(it)surface. After that, China launched the Tiangong 2 space lab into space and Tianzhou 1 to dock with it. This signaled one step further in China’s plan【小题8】(establish)a space station in the future. More recently, China【小题9】(send)Chang’ e 4 to explore the surface of the far side of the moon to make【小题10】(measurement)and observations.