In this image from Chinese Central Television, China's Shenzhou 7 space craft ignites during launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China began counting down Thursday to an evening rocket launch that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk.(AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) **TV OUT**
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In this image from Chinese Central Television, China's Shenzhou 7 space craft takes off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China launched the space craft that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk.(AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) **TV OUT**
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JIUQUAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25: (CHINA OUT) Shenzhou VII 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 before the Shenzhou VII spacecraft mission on September 25, 2008 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China. China counted down Thursday September 25, 2008 to its third manned space mission Shenzhou-7 which will include the country's first ever space walk. (Photo by Xu Haihan/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
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JIUQUAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25,2008:(CHINA OUT) 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. (Photo by Xu Haihan/ChinaFotoPress/GettyImages)394909278
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JIUQUAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25,2008:(CHINA OUT) Three taikonauts enter the launching tower on September 25,2008, in Jiuquan, Gansu Province China. 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. (Photo by Xu Haihan/ChinaFotoPress/GettyImages)394909277
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JIUQUAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25,2008:(CHINA OUT) 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. (Photo by Xu Haihan/ChinaFotoPress/GettyImages)394909271
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JIUQUAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25,2008:(CHINA OUT) 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, Sept. 25, 2008. 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. (Photo by Xu Haihan/ChinaFotoPress/GettyImages)394909268
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JIUQUAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25,2008:(CHINA OUT) Three taikonauts enter the launching tower on September 25,2008, in Jiuquan, Gansu Province China. 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. (Photo by Xu Haihan/ChinaFotoPress/GettyImages)394909283
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Chinese astronauts, right to left, Liu Boming, Zhai Zhigang and Jing Haipeng stands near a giant picture of China first astronaut Yang Liwei during a ceremony before the launch of the Shenzhou 7 space craft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province, on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China began counting down Thursday to an evening rocket launch that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk.(AP Photo/Color China Photo)**CHINA OUT**
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Chinese astronauts, left to right, Jing Haipeng, Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming attend a send-off ceremony before the launch of the Shenzhou 7 space craft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province, on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China began counting down Thursday to an evening rocket launch that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk.(AP Photo/Color China Photo)**CHINA OUT**
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