In November 1999 this country launched Shenzhou, its first capsule capable of carrying a man into space
[DOC] [TLE] Timeline: 50 Years of Spaceflight - Space.com [PAR] Sep 28, 2012 ... Nov. 3, 1957: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with the first living ... 6, 1957: 
A Vanguard TV-3 carrying a grapefruit-sized satellite explodes at launch; a failed 
... the first of the manned Gemini missions, launches with a two-person crew ... 
the fifth nation capable of