Blastoff to spacewalk
By Hu Yinan in Jiuquan and Xin Dingding in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-26 07:46
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Astronauts (from right) Zhai Zhigang Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng respond to the cheers of people before heading toward spaceship Shenzhou VII in Jiuquan, Gansu province, yesterday. They flew into space aboard the spacecraft at 9:10 pm. Xinhua |
China's third manned spacecraft lifted off at 9:10 pm yesterday to fulfill its most ambitious and risky mission:spacewalk.
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