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Long March
Long March (Chinese 长征, Chang Zheng; abbreviated CZ) is a family of Chinese launch vehicles built by the CASC corporation and flown under the auspices of China's space agency CNSA. The family has flown since 1970, when the Long March 1 rocket placed China's first satellite into orbit, and has since made more than 500 launches. Its key variants include the crew-rated Long March 2F, which has carried Shenzhou crewed spacecraft since 2003; the heavy-lift Long March 5 for large probes and modules of the Tiangong space station; and the reliable Long March 3B for telecommunications satellites. Today the Long March rockets are the backbone of the Chinese space programme.
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
China’s state space agency, coordinating civil space cooperation and national programmes for exploring space.
Shenzhou 5
On 15 October 2003, Shenzhou 5 made Yang Liwei the first Chinese national to reach orbit, making China the third country to independently launch a human into space.
Tiangong
China’s modular space station in low Earth orbit, assembled in 2021 and 2022.