Aug. 11, 2004 | Shanghai, China — Chinese astronauts are in the final stages of preparing for a manned space mission that will orbit the globe 14 times before returning to Earth, a state-run newspaper reported Thursday. . . .

On Wednesday, state-run television and other media, citing senior officials in China's space program, reported that China would send its first person into space on Oct. 15 [emphasis added] for a single-orbit, 90-minute flight.

Presumably that would be October 15th of last year?