China's Long-March II-F rocket carrying Shenzhou-VII spacecraft ignites during launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China began counting down Thursday to an evening rocket launch that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk. [Xinhua]
China's Long-March II-F rocket carrying Shenzhou-VII space craft ignites during launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China began counting down Thursday to an evening rocket launch that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk. [Xinhua]
Three Chinese astronauts in the cabin of Shenzhou-VII space craft wait for launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China began counting down Thursday to an evening rocket launch that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk. [Xinhua]
China's Long-March II-F rocket carrying Shenzhou-VII space craft ignites during launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China began counting down Thursday to an evening rocket launch that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk. [Xinhua]