China unveils plans for sending up its 'taikonaut'

Friday, January 3, 2003

BEIJING -- First came the Soviet cosmonaut. Then the American astronaut made it to outer space. Now, says China, it's time for a new pioneer to make history far above the Earth -- the taikonaut.

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