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28 March 2008
AP) -- A Chinese astronaut on Saturday performed the nation's first-ever spacewalk, the latest milestone in an ambitious program that is increasingly rivaling the United States and Russia in its rapid expansion.
Mission commander Zhai Zhigang floated out of the orbiter module's hatch in the spacewalk, shown live on state broadcaster CCTV. Tethered to handles attached to the Shenzhou 7 ship's orbital module's exterior, Zhai remained outside for about 13 minutes before climbing back inside and closing the hatch behind him.
Top Communist Party officials including President Hu Jintao watched the spacewalk from a Beijing command center, breaking into applause with the successful completion of each stage of the maneuver.
The successful spacewalk paves the way for assembling a space station from two Shenzhou orbital modules, the next major goal of China's manned spaceflight program. China is also pursuing lunar exploration and may attempt to land a man on the moon in the next decade - possibly ahead of NASA's 2020 target date for returning to the moon.
China launched its first manned mission, Shenzhou 5, in 2003, becoming only the third country after Russia and the United States to launch a man into space. That was followed by a two-man mission in 2005.
In step with its growing list of achievements, the military-backed program has grown progressively less secretive and officials have hinted in recent days at a desire for greater cooperation with other nations. China plans to mass produce the next version of the Shenzhou ship to service a future space station and says it may make such missions available to other countries.
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As i always said , use money to buy pride has nothing to be proud of , use BRAIN to achieve what u want is something u can proud of ! just like if yr rich papa buy u a brand new BMW 5 series will definitely make u looks like a " spoon feed kid " ^V^
Yes , China is still lacking behind of US n Russia , but one must always remember " Slow is better than stand " ^V^ from here we can see that english is not d key factor of technology success ( look at Russian n Chinese )! IF we r as smart as them , BAHASA MALAYSIA can be d icon of science language also ! d problem here is " can we ?"
We shouldn't "use mouth" to tell d world we boleh ! in fact, we should "use brain" to tell d world malaysia boleh !
Guys, u shld know what i am trying to hint ^V^
This is d brain works >>
http://news.sina.com.cn/hdphoto/2008/0921/32.html
http://news.sina.com.cn/z/2008shenqi/photo/index.html
Think about it dudes ^V^
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