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Spacesuit ready for Shenzhou VII mission

(CCTV.com)
Updated: 2008-09-18 09:51

The Chinese Manned Space Flight Program says the spacesuit for the Shenzhou VII mission's spacewalk has passed inspection and is ready.

Instructive illustration of the spacesuit of Shenzhou 7. [Xinhua]

The home-made spacesuit weighs 120 kilograms and cost about 30 million yuan, or 4.4 million US dollars. The extravehicular spacesuit is now on board the Shenzhou VII at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.