China's First Spacewalk

Smivs writes "The BBC reports that China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. The Shenzhou VII flight will feature China's first-ever space walk, which will be broadcast live with cameras inside and outside the spacecraft. For the spacewalk, two crew members will go into the spacecraft's vacuum module. One yuhangyuan (astronaut) will carry out the spacewalk; the other is there to monitor the activity and assist in case of an emergency. Two types of spacesuits — one made in China, the other from Russia — will be carried up on the flight. It is unclear why China has opted for two different types of spacesuit. Spaceflight analyst Dr Morris Jones commented that China might want to test the suits against each other. Alternatively, he said, it might not be ready or willing to fly a mission exclusively with its own suits."

Comments

Spacewalk... in Bird's Nest Stadium?

[ilovesymbian]

Since China is such a media-controlling country (apart from other kinds of control), they most likely would film their so-called spacewalk in Bird's Nest Stadium or somewhere similar.

In latest news, NASA returned the sets they borrowed from China in 1969 for their moon walk.

Re:Nine comments...

[Tom90deg]

But, I thought it went against everything /. STANDS for to actually RTFA. Don't you believe in Slashdot anymore?

While...

[WED Fan]

I wonder if at the last second they will replace the astronaut with a better looking one, while still flying the uglier one in a storage compartment to do all the work.

While...

• Adding extra flame to the take off
• Adding extra stars to the sky
• Claiming the YouHangOnForDearLife (astronaut) is really 2 years older than he really is
• Claiming the people of Tibet are truly free, autonomous, and much more happy, and the Dalai Lama is perfectly safe to return to his homeland