[FPSPACE] Chinese set timetable for Shenzhou 7 launch

[Peter Pesavento]

>From Agency France Presse:

 

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The launch of China's third manned space flight, the Shenzhou VII, has been
set for late September or early October, state media Saturday quoted a
leading space official as saying. 

"Preparations for the mission are in full swing, and we're confident in its
success," Zhang Yulin, director of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, told
the Xinhua news agency. 

The mission would include three "taikonauts" or astronauts, who would
perform China's first spacewalk, said Zhang, speaking on the sidelines of
the ongoing meeting of the National People's Congress, or parliament.