Project 921-1

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Project 921-1 was the working name given by the People's Republic of China in 1992 for plans to launch a manned spaceflight. The Chinese National Manned Space Program was given the designation Project 921 with Project 921-1 as its first significant goal. The plan called for a manned launch in October 1999, prior to the new millennium. Success would arrive four years later with the fifth launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft, China's first manned flight.