China will remember this great moment. At 9 a.m. on October 15, the country launched (发射) its first manned spacecraft (载人飞船), Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. Now China has become the third country in the world to send a person into orbit (轨道) after the former Soviet Union and the United States. Yang Liwei, 38, is China’s first space man. Yang sent a message back to Earth: "I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks beautiful here." Yang then told his wife and son: "I have seen our beautiful Earth and recorded all that I have seen here." Yang, who comes from Liaoning, has been an air force pilot since 1983. He was chosen after many difficult exams.