Space Program of the People's Republic of China: 2007 Chinese Anti-Satellite Missile Test, Banxing, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Banxing, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, China Aerospace International Holdings, Ltd. Hong Kong, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China Chang Feng, China Manned Space Engineering Office, China National Space Administration, Chinese Docking Mechanism, Chinese space program, Chinese women in space, Dong Fang Hong, Dong Fang Hong 2, Dong Fang Hong I, Fengyun, Fengyun 2-05, Huanjing (satellite), Intelsat 708, Laboratory Cabin Module, List of Long March launches, Ministry of Aerospace Industry, Ouyang Ziyuan, Qian Xuesen, Shuguang (spacecraft), Siziwang Banner, Sun Jiadong, Tiangong-1, Tiangong program, Tianlian I-01, VRSS-1, Wang Yongzhi, Yinghuo-1, Ziyuan 3. Excerpt: This is a list of all orbital launches made by the Long March series of carrier rockets. Launch attempts aborted or scrubbed before liftoff, including ones such as the attempt to launch a Long March 2E with Optus B1 on 22 March 1992, where the engines were ignited but shut down on the pad, are not included. Launches made with the related Feng Bao 1 carrier rocket are not included. Current as of 18 December 2012). The space program of the People's Republic of China is directed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Its technological roots can be traced back to the late 1950s, when the People's Republic began a rudimentary ballistic missile program in response to perceived American (and, later, Soviet) threats. However, the first Chinese crewed space program only began in earnest several decades later, when an accelerated program of technological development culminated in Yang Liwei's successful 2003 flight aboard Shenzhou 5. This achievement made China the third country to independently send humans into space. Plans include a permanent Chinese space station in 2020 and crewed expeditions to the Moon and Mars. After the United States threatened to use nuclear weapons during the Korean War, Chairman Mao Zedong decided that only a nuclear deterrent of its own would guarantee the security of the newly founded PRC. Additionally, he wanted China to gain status among the world's powers that, as he felt, did not respect him, and instead dealt only with the Republic of China (present-day Taiwan) as "China." Thus, Mao announced his decision to develop China's own strategic weapons, including nuclear bombs and associated missiles for the warheads, during a Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on January 15, 1955. The Chinese nuclear weapons program was designated by the codename of "02." The Fifth Academy of the National Defense Ministry () was founded on October 8, 1956, with Qian Xuesen, who had just been deported from the United States a