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China

And Then There Were Three

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
September 25, 2008

Live video of launch (does not seem to work on Macs)

Space Inspires Passion And Practicality in China, Washington Post

“Space experts outside China are generally at a loss to describe how its various space programs — manned and unmanned, civil and military — are organized and overseen, except that the vast bulk of its efforts are under the direction of the People’s Liberation Army. No official from China’s space agencies or government-owned space companies would be interviewed for this article.”

NASA wishes China success on launch of Shenzhou-7 mission, Xinhua

“NASA wishes China success on the launch of Shenzhou-7 and the safe return of its crew,” a spokesman for the U.S. space agency told Xinhua on the eve of the mission. China has announced that the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft will lift off on Thursday night. This will be the third Chinese manned space mission, but the first time Chinese astronauts perform a spacewalk.”

China’s 1st Space Walk Mission a Step Toward the Moon?, National Geographic

“We intend to send astronauts to the moon and ultimately to build a lunar outpost,” said Zhang Qingwei, who was until recently a leader of China’s manned space program.

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