 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge Russia yatanga Sputnik 1 muna 1957, Sachigaro Mao Zedong akaronga kuisa setiraiti yeChina muchadenga muna 1959 kupemberera gore rechigumi rokugadzwa kwePeoples Republic of ChinaPRC. Zvisinei, China haina kubudirira kubudisa setiraiti yayo yokutanga kutozosvikira pana April 24, 1970. Musi wa14 July 1967, Mao naPrime Minister Zhou Enlai vakasarudza kuti PRC haifaniri kusiyiwa shure, uye vakatanga purogiramu yeChina yezvikepe zvemuchadenga. Zvisinei, kuedza kwokutanga, ngarava yokuShuguang, iyo yakanga yakavakirwa paGemini yokuUnited States, yakabviswa pana 13 May 1972. 