Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng(L), Zhai Zhigang(C) and Liu Boming wave hands during a press conference in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in Northwest China's Gansu Province, September 24, 2008. The Shenzhou VII spaceship will blast off Thursday evening from the JSLC to send the three astronauts into space for China's third manned space mission. [Xinhua]