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Chinese Taikonauts to wear Russian, indigenous space suits in space walk

Chinese astronauts who will pilot the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft will wear the Orlan space suits provided by a Russian supplier and also the indigenous Feitian suits during the country's first ever space walk, said Wang Zhaoyao, spokesperson with China's... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Sep 24 2008

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