National flags are raised at the Dongfeng Town in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province, where China's first-ever manned spaceflight, the Shenzhou V (Divine Ship V) will be launched possibly tomorrow morning at the earliest. Today the astronaut will be selected from a pool of three to orbit the earth 14 times. China's CCTV has announced its original plan of live broadcast has been dropped.
(China Daily October 14, 2003)
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