A NEW DAWN -- SHENZHOU 7

RECENTLY, on September 26, 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 China's first ever spacewalk was SUCESSFULLY completed with a 20-minute duration. 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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[JeremyFuhenstasser]

@kris1991

I don't believe Americans ever set foot on the moon.

[bestamerica]

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ussr russia did give help to china get space device

[yellowhue30]

@goread41 Ahh.. ..not to sure space exploration would be wise for you.

Try packing some tactical knowledge, A.I. infiltration viruses, and a lot of serious heat. Can't just assume everything out there wants to share a cup o' coffee and sing 60's peace songs.  Peace doesn't get you to the top of the foodchain, nor propell nations to space.

[kris1991]

@zhengyueyang Going to the moon is a far bigger breakthrough and contribution to society than all the things you said combined.

[kris1991]

@zhengyueyang Maybe because no one lived  in the U.S. 2,000 years ago? If you guys got a head start, why weren't you the first to the moon?

[kris1991]

@LuckyLukeNZ What? China got some spacecraft to orbit the earth some 50-years after the U.S.? FAIL EFFORT.

[KON670AM]

the reentry vehicle looks like it could hold alot of coffee!

where's the spout? lmao

[KON670AM]

ahem Blip

American President Harry S Truman saved all of China by denying General Douglass Mac Arthur the permission to totally wipe China off the map with over 40 atom bombs... you owe him your gratitude because HE GAVE A SHIT ABOUT CHINESE ,,, something the Chinese govt has a problem with

[goread41]

exactly. imagine if the world realized we were all one, then stopped producing arms and explored space as one species/planet.

[Saxe333]

You dumb slope