CHINA> Photo
Shenzhou VII spacecraft lifts off successfully 
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-25 21:56


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]