Special Report:
Third Manned Space
Mission
Commentary: Taikonaut
Zhai's small step historical leap for China
China's first
spacewalker
Backgrounder: Chinese
footprints in outer space
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao said it is the Chinese people's persistent aspiration to develop the
manned space-flight technologies for the peaceful exploration and use of the
outer space. Full story
SIZIWANG QI, Inner Mongolia, Sept. 28 (Xinhua)
-- Zhai Zhigang, the first Chinese who "set foot" on the outer space, said he
was proud of the motherland after completing the glorious and challenging
mission and landing safely on the ground on Sunday afternoon. Full story
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grab taken on Sept. 28, 2008, in Beijing
Space Command and Control Center, Beijing, China, shows the three Chinese
taikonauts sitting outside of Shenzhou-7 re-entry module after their safe
landing. (Xinhua.Chen Jianli)
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TV grab taken on Sept. 28, 2008, in
Beijing, China, shows one of the three Chinese taikonauts going out of
Shenzhou-7 re-entry module. (Xinhua)
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grab taken on Sept. 28, 2008, in
Beijing, China, shows technicians help the three Chinese taikonauts go out
of Shenzhou-7 re-entry module after their safe landing.
(Xinhua)
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China's Shenzhou-7 spacecraft's re-entry
module lands safely in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region. (Xinhua/Wang Jianmin)
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BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Shenzhou-7
space module carrying three taikonauts landed safely by parachute Sunday
afternoon in China's northern grassland, after a landmark spacewalk mission that
leads the country further in its space exploration.
Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng
came back from a 68-hour flight, which included a 20-minute spacewalk on
Saturday. Full story
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TV grab taken on Sept. 28, 2008, in
Beijing, China, shows Shenzhou-7 entry module being parachuted to the
group.(Xinhua)
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