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1958: China launches first rocket, Soviet-built Base 20
1963: India's first rocket launched, US-built Nike-Apache
1967: India launches its own RH-75 rocket
1970: China puts first satellite into orbit, but its space programme is then interrupted by Cultural Revolution and split with Russia.
1975: India's first satellite is launched from the former Soviet Union
1984: India's first astronaut, part of Soviet Soyuz mission
1990: China's first self-built rocket launched, carrying a satellite into orbit
2003: China's first astronaut, sent into Earth's orbit on its own Long March 2F rocket.
2008: India's first rocket to Moon orbit, the Chandrayaan-1, which drops impact probe to surface and finds evidence of water
2013: China becomes first country to "soft-land" on the Moon in 37 years when the unmanned Chang'e-3 spacecraft successfully lands.
What's next?
2014: India's Mars Orbiter mission launched last November due to reach planet in September
2017: India plans first manned space mission
2017: China expected to return unmanned lunary mission to earth
2020: China intends to build space station
2020: India aims to have astronauts land on Moon
2024: China aims to have astronauts land on Moon
China's moon landing: the space race with India - Telegraph
1963: India's first rocket launched, US-built Nike-Apache
1967: India launches its own RH-75 rocket
1970: China puts first satellite into orbit, but its space programme is then interrupted by Cultural Revolution and split with Russia.
1975: India's first satellite is launched from the former Soviet Union
1984: India's first astronaut, part of Soviet Soyuz mission
1990: China's first self-built rocket launched, carrying a satellite into orbit
2003: China's first astronaut, sent into Earth's orbit on its own Long March 2F rocket.
2008: India's first rocket to Moon orbit, the Chandrayaan-1, which drops impact probe to surface and finds evidence of water
2013: China becomes first country to "soft-land" on the Moon in 37 years when the unmanned Chang'e-3 spacecraft successfully lands.
What's next?
2014: India's Mars Orbiter mission launched last November due to reach planet in September
2017: India plans first manned space mission
2017: China expected to return unmanned lunary mission to earth
2020: China intends to build space station
2020: India aims to have astronauts land on Moon
2024: China aims to have astronauts land on Moon
China's moon landing: the space race with India - Telegraph