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October 1, 2003

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China's Great Leap Upward

By boosting astronauts into orbit, China hopes to become the newest superpower in space

SHENZHOU 5 — Credit: ALFRED T. KAMAJIAN

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This article was originally published with the title “China's Great Leap Upward” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 289 No. 4 (October 2003)
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1003-76

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