SHENZHOU 7 LAUNCH

YESTERDAY, on September 25, 2008, the People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 7, the second phase of Project 921.

Shenzhou VII was China's third human spaceflight, and was China's first ever spacewalk. With the launch of the manned Shenzhou 7 mission, China became the third nation in the world to spacewalk.

At 21:10 CST, September 25, three Chinese astronauts (taikonauts) inside the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft blasted off on its CZ-2F "Long March 2" rocket boosters.
This will be China's first three-man mission. This mission will also be China's first launch of a mini-satellite, China's first water training pool, and China's first extraterrestial Communist Party branch.

During the mission, the crew will also launch China's first data-relay satelllite, named "Tianlian 1". Two Yuanwang-class space tracking ships (5 and 5) will also be used to track the mission.

China's space program is currently the world's third most advanced and largest space program. The Chinese space program is also the world's fastest-advancing and fastest-upgrading space program.

Shenzhou 7 will include SIX of China's first ever accomplishments!

China will launch a full-size space station in 2010, build a space shuttle, have a human landing on the moon by 2020, and a manned mission to Mars by 2040.

So, to our Chinese fellows and friends from all around the world, WE CAN DO IT!

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[JasonLIKESturtles]

he counted to fast :p

[segregator236]

When you are that excited, it's impossible to count slow.

[88a]

Great Video! I hope it becomes a success in space walk!

5 Stars!

Pakistan loves China's Success :)

[segregator236]

In fact, it was a success!

Thank you for your support!

[71renman]

good job! greetings from germany!

[m209a1]

@malamagr Russians don't even use expressive countdown. They pronounce only commands of launch procedure.

[MynameisElliott]

YAY CHINA!

[malamagr]

Jeez that countdown guy would make me so nervous I'd make a mistake! Do their communications sound as nervous to Chinese ears as they do to English speakers? It's a sharp contrast to the laid-back keep-calm style of the Americans and Russians.

[malamagr]

At 0:28 it looks like a toy rocket on a toy launch pad!

[vdizhoor]

I don't get it, why do they launch at night? Aren't day time pictures prettier? And these launches are mainly about China's image at this point, so I thought the pictures matter. They aren't going to other planets or the moon or a station, so what's the constrain? Did the weather suck at other time of the week? Anyone know? Anyone been there?

[hawkforce]

@4711rock yeah i know i know, you are indian.... =)

[4711rock]

@hawkforce You don't see any lights because the launch base is in a remote area.  En route flying from Beijing to London there are no lights until you reach Irkutsk (Russia) as the northwestern Chinese and Mongolian deserts and southern Siberia are virtually uninhabited.

[4711rock]

With bigger boosters this rocket can fly the moon....I'd like to see China do it.  They can and it would give technology a worldwide boost.

[hawkforce]

@spicylemon41 Indian =)