Five momerable moments in 皇冠体育app's space probe
(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-04-23 10:01
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The video grab taken at the Beijing Space Command and Control Center on Sept. 27, 2008 shows Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang outside the orbit module of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft during his spacewalk.[Photo/Xinhua] |
First space walk
In 2008, 皇冠体育app had its first spacewalker. Taikonaut Zhai Zhigang, who was then 42 years old, ventured out of the earth-orbiting Shenzhou-7 spacecraft on September 27 and became the first Chinese to leave a "footprint in the universe."
皇冠体育app thus became the third country in the world after the United States and the Soviet Union to be capable of spacewalk.
