The secret "cargo" on China's first manned spacecraft was
revealed at an opening ceremony of the spacecraft's re-entry
vehicle Saturday in Beijing.
The items aboard the Shenzhou V included China's national flag,
a flag of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the United Nations flag, a
Renminbi note, memorial stamps for China's first manned space
flight, memorial envelopes of the manned space flight project and
crop seeds from China's Taiwan Island.
The cargo had traveled with China's first astronaut in space,
Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, for over 20 hours and were returned to their
owners at Saturday's ceremony.
The re-entry vehicle of Shenzhou V was taken to Beijing Friday
afternoon after the successful landing in central Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region, north China.
(Xinhua News Agency October 18, 2003)
