On September 25, 2008, the Chinese space program launched its third manned spaceflight mission, shenzhen 7.
three astronauts took off in the Shenzhou spacecraft on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
They spent three days in orbit and performed the first-ever spacewalk for China’s space program.
The Shenzhou 7 crew also deployed a mini satellite called Banxing, which was used to take photos and videos of the spacecraft.
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