To celebrate the success of China's first manned space flight, the China Institute of Space Medico-Engineering specially created the cover above (signed by the 14 Chinese astronauts before the flight) to be carried on Shenzhou 5. A total of 601 signed covers, created by China Institute of Space Medico-Engineering, were carried on Shenzhou 5 and 201 of these were "14 autographs" cover. This cover also shows the early signature of some astronauts.
FDC signed by Yang Liwei:
FDC signed by stamp designer Wang Huming (王虎鸣), Yang Liwei and all other Chinese astronauts:
Commeorative Shenzhou 5 launch & recovery cover signed by Yang Li Wei and all other Chinese astronauts:
Signatures read from top left to bottom right:
张晓光(Zhang Xiaoguan) 景海鹏(Jing Haipeng) 李庆龙(Li Qinglong)
刘伯明(Liu Boming) 陈全(Chen Quan)
杨利伟(Yang Liwei) 潘占春(Pan Zhanchun) 聂海胜(Nie Haisheng)
翟志刚(Zhai Zhigang) 吴杰(Wu Jie) 邓清明(Deng Qingming) 刘旺(Liu Wang)
费俊龙(Fei Junlong) 赵传东(Zhao Chuandong)
Commeorative Shenzhou 5 recovery cover signed by Yang Li Wei and the Shenzhou spacecraft designers & scientist:
Signatures read from top left to bottom right:
谢明苞(Xie Mingbao) - Director of the China's Manned Space Engineering Office.
王永志(Wang Yongzhi) - Architect & designer of the Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6 spacecraft.
栾恩杰(Luan Enjie) - Director of the Chinese National Space Administration.
李继耐(Li Jinai) - Director-general of China's Manned Space Program.
戚发轫(Qi Faren) - Chief designer of the Shenzhou spacecraft.
张庆伟(Zhang Qingwei) - Chairman of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense of the People's Republic of China.
刘竹生(Liu Zhusheng) - Chief designer of the spacecraft launch systems.
黄春平(Huang Chunping) - Director of Rocket System for the Shenzhou 5 Spacecarft.
林树(Lin Shu) - Former deputy director of the China's Manned Space Engineering Office.
袁家军(Yuan Jiajun) - Chief commander of China's Manned Spacecraft System.
许达哲(Xu Dazhe) - Vice President China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
杨利伟(Yang Liwei) - First Chinese astronaut sent into space by the China's Manned Space Program.
施金苗(Shi Jinmiao) - Deputy chief designer of the Shenzhou spacecraft.
顾逸东(Gu Yidong) - Director-general and chief designer of the space application system.
