chinese people have been dreaming of going into outer space ever since before.china had launched three unmanned spacecrafts successfully from 1999 to 2005. on dec. 31, 2002 ,the launch of the fourth spacecraft "shenzhou iv" was another big success and the spacecraft returned to the earth safely on january 5, 2003. during its flight, seven scientific experiments were carried out.
the purpose of the flight was to make preparations for the launch of a manned spacecraft next time. the successful launch and return show that china is able to send a person into space soon. in 2003,the first manned spacecraft shenzhou v was sent into space successfully. and the chinese dream has come true.