BEIJING (AP) -- Three Chinese astronauts emerged from their capsule Sunday after a milestone mission to carry out the country's first spacewalk, showing off China's technological know-how and cementing its status as a space power and future competitor... ...full story at AP
from AP on Sun, Sep 28 2008
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