Overseas media focus on China's launch of spacecraft Shenzhou-7
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Backgrounder: Chinese footprints in
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Facts and Figures: Shenzhou-7
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BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Overseas media have given wide coverage to
China's successful launch of its third manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 on Thursday.
The successful launch of Shenzhou-7 hit headlines of world media while
journalists from 10 overseas media agencies such as Reuters and the Associated
Press covered Shenzhou-7's takeoff at Jiuquan on Thursday night.
The BBC said in an article titled "What's driving China space efforts" that
the launch of Shenzhou-7 is another reminder of China's growing confidence and
capability in space.
It delivers a message to the traditional space powers: after a slow start,
China is rising fast, the article said.
The BBC quoted Dean Cheng, a senior Asia analyst at Washington D.C.-based
think tank CNA as saying that a wide-ranging space program showed the rest of
the world that China had arrived on the international stage.
The article quoted Roger Launius, a senior curator in the division of space
history at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington as saying that "It is
a demonstration of technological virtuosity. It's a method of showing the world
they are second to none."
The Swedish News Agency TT hailed China's successful launch of Shenzhou-7,
saying the space mission is of significance for Chinese astronauts and exerts a
"great influence" at home and abroad.
It noted that China has stressed that its manned space program is a
peaceful mission of a scientific and economic nature without any military
purpose.
French TV Channel 2 said spaceship Shenzhou-7 blasted off carrying with it
China's achievement and pride. The first ever space walk by Chinese astronauts
marked a historical breakthrough and elevated China among space powers in the
world.
The leading Chinese-language newspaper in France, Nouvelles d'Europe, said
China's launch of its third manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 has not only made the
dream of the Chinese people for space flight come true, but also illustrated the
nation's dauntless spirit for exploration and triumph.
The newspaper said that Chinese leaders have all along expressed China's
firm determination to utilize space peacefully and its wish that no weapons of
any form would appear in outer space.
It noted that while addressing the UN General Assembly, Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao reiterated twice that China does not seek hegemony now, nor will it do so
in the future and that China is committed to a path of peaceful development.
The article added that overseas Chinese have rejoiced over the space
mission.
Chinese taikonauts
report they feel "physically sound"
The video grab taken on Sept. 25, 2008
at the Beijing Space Command and Control Center in Beijing, China, shows
Chinese taikonauts in the return module of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft.
(Xinhua Photo)
BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Three Chinese
taikonauts who blasted off on the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft told the ground control
center that they felt "physically sound" in the first few minutes of the flight.
The space voyager took off at 9:10 p.m. on Thursday
from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center with leaders including President Hu
Jintao present seeing off the taikonauts -- Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing
Haipeng. Full story
China's manned spacecraft
Shenzhou-7 blasts off
The Long-March II-F carrier rocket
carrying the Shenzhou-7 spaceship blasts off from the launch pad at the
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, on
21:10 p.m., Sept. 25, 2008. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
JIUQUAN, Gansu, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- 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 in the northwestern
Gansu Province at 9:10 p.m. after a breathtaking countdown to another milestone
on China's space journey. Full story
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Taikonauts enter Shenzhou-7
spacecraft on 3-hour countdown
JIUQUAN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- All three Chinese
taikonauts have entered the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft at 18:28 p.m. Thursday, about
three hours ahead of its scheduled launch.
They then plugged their spacesuits to the re-entry module
of the craft and checked the communication system with the ground control after
reviewing the operation manual of the spaceship.Full story
Chinese President Hu meets
Shenzhou-7 taikonauts
JIUQUAN, Gansu, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese
President Hu Jintao met with Shenzhou-7 taikonauts (astronauts) Zhai Zhigang,
Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng here Thursday.
China's third manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 will blast
off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The launch window
was set between 9:07 p.m. to 10:27 p.m (1307 GMT to 1427 GMT). Full story
taikonauts
Chinese taikonauts (R-L) Liu Boming,
Zhai Zhigang and Jing Haipeng attend the setting-out ceremony at the
taikonauts' apartment compound of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in
northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 25, 2008. China counted down
Thursday to its third manned space mission Shenzhou-7 which will include
the country's first ever space walk.(Xinhua Photo)
JIUQUAN, Gansu, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Jiuquan
Satellite Launch Center held a ceremony Thurday afternoon for the three
taikonauts due to board the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft before the startof the
mission.
The ceremony was held at the taikonauts' apartment
compound, called Wentiange, or "Ask-the-Sky Pavillion," at the launch center. Full story
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