In 2008 China is going for the third time to send into a space orbit a pilot ship, which cosmonauts for the first time in a history of this country will make a “space walk”.
Such was the information published in the annual space researches program by the State commission on space, technologies and national safety of Chinese People’s Republic, informs Reuters.

Space mission of the piloted aircraft Shenchzou VII with three cosmonauts onboard is planned for October, 2008. The exact date of the expedition, as well as other details, are not specified yet.

It is known only, that in 2008 China also is going to launch 14 rockets and to put into orbit 17 satellites.

Chinese People’s Republic in October, 2003 became the third country in the world after the USSR and the USA which has independently launched a spacecraft. And in 2005 an orbit was visited by the second Chinese expedition which included two persons.

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