China
Astronauts preparing for China´s first spacewalk
![Three Chinese astronauts in the cabin of Shenzhou VII spacecraft wait for launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday September 25, 2008. One of them will walk in space about 343 km above the Earth on Saturday. [Xinhua]](http://www.cctv.com/english/20080926/images/1222408187304_1222408187304_r.jpg) |
| 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 September 25, 2008. One of them will walk in space about 343 km above the Earth on Saturday. [Xinhua] |
