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Our 2008, moments to remember
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-12-25 13:41 China space walk: Taikonaut's 'small step' hailed as giant leap Waving a red national flag at the cameras, a People's Liberation Army colonel stepped out of his orbiter 340 kilomters above the earth and into the hearts of his nation, becoming the first Chinese man to take a walk into space. It was "a small step by Col. Zhai Zhigang, but a historical leap in China's space dreams," the official commentary said, in an echo of Neil Armstrong's words as he became the first man to set foot on the Moon.
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