2001年1月10日1时0分3秒,中国西部酒泉卫星发射中心,新世纪的世界第一次航天发射——中国“神舟二号”航天飞船在这里发射升空。这是继1999年11月21日中国第一艘载人航天实验飞船“神舟一号”太空飞行后中国载人航天工程的第二次飞行实验。经过7个昼夜的太空邀游,在环绕地球运行108圈后,“神舟二号”安全降落在内蒙古中部的大草原上,成功地结束了它神奇的太空之旅。 January 10, 2001 At 0:00:03, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in western China and the world’s first space launch in the new century - the China Shenzhou-2 spacecraft was launched here. This is the second flight experiment of China’s manned space project following the space flight of China’s first manned spacecraft experimental spacecraft “Shenzhou-1” on November 21, 1999. After seven days and nights of space inviting tour, orbiting the earth for 108 laps, the “Shenzhou II” landed safely on the prairie in central Inner Mongolia and successfully ended its magical space journey.