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China's first spacewalk timed for Friday: Report
The Associated Press , Beijing | Wed, 09/24/2008 3:24 PM | Sci-Tech
A Chinese astronaut will conduct the country's first spacewalk on Friday afternoon local time, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.Citing mission commander Cui Jijun, the reports published Wednesday said the astronaut would leave the spacecraft at 4:30 p.m. (0830 GMT). The spacewalk is expected to last about 40 minutes as the ship flies above the Chinese mainland, and will be broadcast live via a small satellite hovering just outside the ship.
Fighter Pilot Zhai Zhigang, 42, an unsuccessful candidate for the previous two manned missions, is the leading astronaut to carry out the spacewalk using a Chinese-made space suit.
The timing is contingent on China's third manned mission, the Shenzhou 7, taking off as scheduled from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China on Thursday evening, reportedly at 9:10 p.m.(1310 GMT).
The three-man mission, expected to last three days, is China's most ambitious since launching its first man into space in 2003. The spacewalk is expected to prepare the technology for a docking of two orbiters to form China's first space station.
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