Chinese astronauts to walk in outer space

Beijing(China)—Chinese astronauts will leave their spaceship to walk amongst the stars as part of the nation’s next manned space mission. The Shenzhou-VII due to be launched in two years time will carry three astronauts, who will make China’s first space walks, said a senior designer, at Guangdong’s on-going airshow. “All our work on Shenzhou-VII is going smoothly and as scheduled,” said Qi Faren, former chief designer of the Shenzhou series of spaceships. The spaceship is a development from the Shenzhou-VI, which carried two astronauts into space last year, said Qi. “Currently the spaceship’s sub-systems are at spaceship city for assembly,” said Qi, speaking at the Sixth China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai.

—People’s Daliy, Daily Mail news exchange item