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Shenzhou VII astronaut starts assembling space suit for spacewalk

ASTRONAUT aboard the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, China's third manned spaceship began to unpack and assemble the indigenous Feitian extra- vehicular activity (EVA) suit at 10:20 am today in preparation for China's... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Sep 26 2008

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26 Sep 08		chinese Shenzhou-7 astronaut starts assembling space suit for spacewalk航天员进行舱外航天服组装与测试 » YouTube videoBEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Astronaut aboard the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, China's third manned spaceship, began to unpack and assemble the indigenous Feitian extra-vehicular activity (EVA) suit at 10:20 a.m. Friday in preparation for the first spacewalk....
26 Sep 08		Shenzhou-7 astronaut starts assembling space suit for spacewalk » People's Daily Astronaut aboard the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, China's third manned spaceship began to unpack and assemble the indigenous Feitian extra-vehicular activity (EVA) suit at 10:20 a.m. Friday in preparation for China's first spacewalk. &$&$Source:Xinhua&$&$ ...
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26 Sep 08		Commentary: China's space dream flies high with Shenzhou-7 » People's Daily China's Shenzhou-7 spaceship on the nation's first spacewalk mission lifted off at 9:10 p.m. on Sept 25, 2008. It was China's third manned space journey, also the seventh mission of the Shenzhou series. After Yang Liwei piloted China's maiden...
23 Jul 08		Chinese space suit all the rage » Shanghai Daily CHINA'S first space walk is expected to last up to one hour and the astronaut to walk in space in the Shenzhou VII mission will wear a Chinese-made space suit, the mission's chief technician said today. Unlike...
25 Sep 08		China's manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 blasts off » People's Daily China launched its third manned spacecraft on Thursday with three astronauts on board to attempt the country's first-ever space walk. The spaceship Shenzhou-7 blasted off on a Long March II-F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center...

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