BEIJING: China marks 10 years since it first sent a human into space Tuesday, with its ambitious program rocketing ahead while rival National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is largely closed because of the United States (US) government shutdown.
Yang Liwei orbited the Earth 14 times during his 21-hour flight aboard the Shenzhou 5 in 2003, blazing a trail into the cosmos for China.
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